that only primitive diagnostics will be attained,and in general “that testing at
nigh altitudes is much more difficult, more expensive, and may produce less
information than is desired and obtainable under previous conditions of testing."
Note that all of these notes from this May meeting are preliminary and are only
in draft form.
Also,on the former discussion off the underground section, of the
fourteen tests Laid out for the AEC purposes, nine are Livermoge devices and only
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Ina 7 May [959memo for the JTF7 commander and the chief of AFSWP, Mr.
Quarles directs that the study be done and that the group organize itn any
way that they see fit to accomplish their task.
He refers to the past
documentation just described above and in particular notes that the paper
provided by Mr. Loper just described in the previous paragraph served as
the Initial guidance for the group.
The findings are to be reported to the
Secretary of Defense, the AEC Chairman, and the JCS Chairman for further
consideration.
He notes that the armed forces policy council will consider
the findings prior to approval by the Secretary of Defense.
The group fists their assumptions as to the probability of resuming various
types of testing and the degree of readiness warranted;
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Contained underground testing: this form of testing has the greatest
possibility of being pormited in the future; as for readiness it is
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