3.

A l6 February ise¢ Twx from LASL J-I to JSTF-7 Cmdr. appare
ntly in response
to some previous querys notes that in the event of open
seas testing

that LASL would have to put approximately 65 persons aboard the LSD
and

Fi

about 8 persons on each of the other 2 vessels which would probab
ly be

destroyers to operate various Instrumentation.

The point here is that

apparently JTF-7 is doing some active thinking and planning for
various
types of operations should we return to testing.

A 7February TWX from Starbird to the labs and ALO notes 3 recent high

explosive shotsat Carisbed and repercussions that they caused internation-

ally, most especially the propeganda use which the Soviets got out of them. C_

Starbird asks certain restrictions on future simifar firings and puts on
some simitations but just seems to emphasize that such tests may well!
provide the Soviets great propaganda impact and already we seem to be
greatly worried about whatever our actions will cause the world to think
no matter how cfean we are.

There is considerable documentation in this time period of the problem of

the safety of devices which cannot now be tested but which might in fact
be weaponized and transported, stored, carried, etc.

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