Energy History Series, DOE/ES-0002, August 1982, p. 4, (hereafter . cited as Dean, "Energy History Chronology,” Institutional Origins). _ Report to the President of the United States fran the Atomic Energy Commission January 1 - April 1, 1947, April 3, 1947. ‘he stockpile probably contained sufficient parts for seven bambs,.not one of which wes campletely assembled. David A. Rosenberg, "U. S. Nuclear Stockpile, 1945 to 1950," Bulletin of Atamic Scientists, Vol. 38, No. 5, May 1982, >. 26. ¢ Anders, "Office of Military Applications," Institutional Origins, p. 3. A. R. Leudecke to the Camission, August 16, 1963, ABC 1140, History of Expansion of AEC Production Facilities, pp. 2-7, (hereafter cited as AEC 1140). Dr. Richard G. Hewlett, the Commission's historian, was the primary author of the paper. ABC 1140, pp. 8-12. The hydrogen bomb decision is described in Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan, Atomic Shield, 1947-1952 Volume II of A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (University Park, 1969), pp. 362-409, (hereafter cited as Hewlett and Duncan, Atomic Shield.) AEC 1140, pp. 14-16. Hewlett and Duncan, Atomic Shield, pp. ¢11-i7 and 430-32. 10. The quote regarding the safety of the nation comes from James ©. Schnabel, United States Army in the Korean War, ‘Policy and 33