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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON 25, D, C,
July 27, 1955
Dear Mr, Strauss:
At the forthcoming weapons development test (Operation
REDWING) at the Pacific Proving Grounds beginning in the spring
of 1956, the Department of Defense wishes to incorporate a
military weapons effects program to include a special military
weapons effects) for the determination of information urgently
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effects of highyield air bursts and safedelivery of nuclear.
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