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Dear Mr. President:
On November 23, 1957, I wrote to you concerning our plans for testing
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On December 12, 1957 we were informed by the
Wepartment of Defense that the development of the POLARIS missile
pystem was being accelerated and were requested to accelerate the
WPOLARIS warhead.
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