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Cn 30 sty Col. Kieffer, Commander of Task Group 7.4 sent letter to
the Commander of JTF-7 on the subject of the nuclear testing moratorium.
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The letter assumes that the moratoriumwill be declared after the normal
HARDTACK rollup, that nuclear testing in the EPG will not be resumed
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" prior to 1 May 1960, that a requirement for testing to resume in the EPG
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after 1 Novernber 1959 be readied to begin on a 6 month basis, and that
present organizational mis sions and responsibilities are applicable.
Briefly
the position is that in order to support the Task Force and in particular
Task Group 7.5, no reduction in materiel or personnel below normal testing
interim levels is visualized in order to provide this required support.
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has. been listed the required per sonnelstrength (about 390 people) and the
required aircraft for interim period operations.
This interim period is as
has been experienced between previous. operations as between REDWING and
HARDTACK.
This stand of no reduction from that particular level is based
on retaining the capability to resumetesting six months after the moratorium
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is rescinded,