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in the meeting to this follow-up procedure,
it being recognized
that such information was operationally necessary in carrying
out technical cooperation in Area 5 under the modus vivendi.
By memorandum dated October 23 from Mr. Hall I was informed
that the Commission concurred in the proposal for advance
notification with "the suggestion that the United Kingdom could
be informed in the near future that the IVY test is planned for
the early part of November,"
Following on these concurrences I informed Mr. Eddie
Tomkins, British secretary of the CPC, and Mr.
George Ignatieff,
Canadian Secretary of the CPC, of the forthcoming IVY tests
along the following lines;
i.
The forthcoming tests would be two in number.
2,
The test series was scheduled to begin early
in November.
The exact time would be in large measure
dependent on weather conditions which tended to be’ quite
uncertain at this time of the year in the Eniwetok area.
3.
The procedure followed in the past, namely
notification as to exact time and attendant meteorological conditions, would be forthcoming in due course
through AFOAT channels.
4.
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No (REPEAT NO) inkling was given, or asked,
as to the nature of either shot,
The notification as set forth above was given to the two
named individuals orally on the afternoon of Friday,
October 24,
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