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FEBRUARY 14, 1958
BM UNIV OF CALIF RADIATION LAB LIVERMORE CALIF
TO DMA USAEC WASHDC
ATTN B/GEN A, D, STARBIRD
FROM MARK M, MILLS,
SUBJECT:
REPLY TO YOUR QUESTIONS ON
DEMONSTRATION OF A CLEAN SHOT TO FOREIGN OBSERVERS,
THE QUESTIONS, AS UNDERSTOOD HERE, ARE LISTED IN ORDER AND THEN
THE REPLY THEN GIVEN,
I THINK SUCH A DEMONSTRATION SHOULD BE
MADE AT THE EARLIEST FEASIBLE DATE, BUT IT APPEARS DIFFICULT TO
DO SO BY HARDTACK,
QUESTION 1, IS IT POSSIBLE IN THE TIME AVAILABLE TO CARRY THROUGH
SUCH A DEMONSTRATION IN HARDTACK QUERY
ANSWER 1. IN SEPARATE PARTS A, B, C, D, E, F
/A/ IT IS SIX MONTHS TOO LATE TO DO SO BY THE ROCKET TECHNIQUE.
/8/ IT IS PROBABLY TOO LATE, BUT MAY BE BARELY POSSIBLE TO
DO SO BY THE RADIOCHEMICAL METHOD AS OUTLINED IN AFOAT-1.30789, OF OCTOBER 24, 1957 BY BETHE,
/C/ THERE MAY BE AN EASIER RADIOCHEMICAL METHOD THAN THE ONE
OUTLINED BY BETHE, BUT THERE IS NOT NOW TIME TO CAREFULLY
/o/
AND PROPERLY CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE METHODS.
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