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Honorable Clinton P. Anderson
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Dear Senator Anderson:
Reference is made to Chairman NeCane's September 25, 1959 letter
to you which stated that the astivity at Enivetek was being
reduced to a capability to resme testing there within twelve
X now wish to inform you that the Atemfe Energy Commission and
the Department of Defense have agreed that « readiness state for
mucleer test remmption at the Eniwetok
Ground need no
longer be maintained, because cf the low probability that
atmospheric testing will occur in the future.
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to the Pacific Missile hangs.
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the Nevada Test Site and in Ficwshare and detection lmprovemen
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to bring beck certain of the equipment there, where it proves to
de econcmical, for suchpurposes.
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