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be The implications of Plan III are:
(1) Danger of off-site fallout on any community
around NTIS would be limited to a lower level than
earlier planned and the operation could be conducted
without excessive delays.
(2) Tower requirements would have to be modified.
Procurement of steel for towers is behind schedule
at present because of the steel strike and modification of the orders will probably result in later
delivery.
Under the circumstances, scheduled Spring
tower shots might not be completed until August.
This
would make a single phase PILGRIM appear more desirable
than the two phase program earlier planned,
The single
‘phase would start as scheduled (about May 1, 1957) and
continue until finished, probably in October.
(3) The weapon development tests and the effects
tests would be completed essentially as planned,
except that some diagnostic data would be lost or
degraded as a result of the modifications in test
devices and in suspension systems,
This would be
far less serious than attempting to move the devices
to the Pacific,
(4) only minor adjustments in present funding is
‘expected under this
Plan,
(5) The program would be completed with very little
conflict with preparations for HARDTACK,
(6) Effect on weapon readiness schedules would
be essentially the same as present program,
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Appendix "A"