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313th AEC..12, AEC 952/19 - Test Activities for Calendar Year 1959
General Starbird reviewed the recommendations of AEC 952/19 -
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Test Activities for Calendar Year 1958, which includes the proposed
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test program for Operation HARDTACK,
Mr. Strauss reiterated the President's position that both the
number of shots and the amount of worldsewido fslilaut vrojected for
the test program needed to be reduced.
Mr. Strauss pointed out
that both of these objectives woulc be best accomplished by
elimination of one of the two high-yield, high-altitude effects
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He added that snvecial emphasis was boing given
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OF ENERGY DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW
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‘bo the high-altitude test prosram because of its bearing on
future missile defense plans,
Mr. Libby said that it would be advisable to defer action
DEPARTMENT
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had conducted its review.
General Starbird noted that presidential
approval Was required in tne near future for the two one-point
safety tests scheduled for the Nevada Test Site in December 1957.
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