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8. The Office of Operations Analysis and Planning, Division
of Information Services, and the Office of the General Counsel
concur in the recommendation of this paper.
RECOMMENDATION
9. The General Manager recommends that the Atomic Energy
Commission:
a. Approve the sending immediately of an invitation

generally similar to Appendix "B" to the individuals

listed in Appendix "A",

b,. Note that dispatch of Appendix "B" to the Joint

Committee will serve as notification of the program

and an invitation to its Chairman and the Committee as

a Whole, but that similar but somewhat abbreviated

letters will be sent to the individual members of the
Joint Committee,

c. Approve the dispatch of letter (Appendix "C") to

the Secretary of Defense concuring in part in the

Secretary's proposals and suggesting certain modifications.
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APPENDIX "A" - Proposed Invitation Listeccscaesesessseee 5

APPENDIX "B" - Draft Letter of Invitatlonsescsececeseess

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APPENDIX "C" - Draft Letter to the Secretary of Defense,

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APPENDIX "D" - Operation HARDTACK Detonations

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