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erder to accomplish this progvam,
Les Alamos recommended thet.
CASTLE be held in the Spring of 1954.)
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Ipy letter of
January 2, 1953 (ARC 597/7) the Commission proposed to the MLC
that CASTLE be held as early in 1954 as technical progress permitted, and by letter dated January 19, 1953 (AEC 597/11) the
MLC advised of Department of Defense coneurrence.
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The latter would have
a better chance of suecess and would give a higher yield, but
would be dependent on lithium-6 production,
Meanwhile, in the
Soring and Summer of 1953, the Air Force indicated the importance of reducing the weight of thermonuclear weapons for delivery by the B-“7. a medium benber being produced in large numbers,
and for delivery by the Hustler, a new medium bomber under develop-
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Enelosure "A"