om A December TWX from Ogle to Task Force Personnel notes that there will bea
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28 December meeting in Las Vegas to discuss J-3 type operations plans for Hilo.
wee A 20December letter from Col. Joseph Byrne of AFSWC to the manager of ALOO,
outlines the status of
the procurement of sampler aircraft todate and in
‘particular provides this for LASL since they are spending time and money
procurring
particulate sampling tanks to equip the fleet and therefore must
Know what size the fleet will be.
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The original AEC request for 24 sampler
configured B57 Aircraft cannot be satisfied; the USAF response initially
has been that four B57D's and 1! B57B/C/E's as well as 15 B57's will be made
available.
Subsequent guidance which includes planning for a maximum of only
one event per day
B57D's and
has led to a new determination of requirements for only {0
12 B57B/C/E's.
AFSWC has sent this restated and new requirements on
to higher headquarters requesting reconsideration of Air Force support.
;
John Foster on 2] December in a TWX to Betts put his support behind the LASL
proposed very high altitude event.
standing
Island
He stated that Livermores present under-
is that there is only 2 high altitude shots planned from JOhnston
and that LRL will piggyback on these shots to develop space tasting
techniques.
Of these shots, one is toolow
an altitude (50 kilometers) but
the other one (at 400 kilometers), Livermore hopes to use to test their
diagnostic
methods.
Livermore feels that a second! shot sbove 400 kilometers
would be desirable and therefore recommends the retention of the DOD/LASL
proposed 1000 kilometer, 165 KT test.
A 20 Dec. TWX from the Chief of DASA to DMA and AFSWC requests AFSWC to
proceed with the design and procurement of sea borne targets for the airdrops
including radar reflectors, radar responders and lighting and requests the
AEC to provide necessary initial funds.
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A 20 Dec. TWX from Batzel of LRL to Gen. Betts and Mr. Reeves of ALO is
onthe subject of schedules for underground testing at Nevada and in particular the construction and digging schedules at the NTS.
Batzel notes
i
that the present LRL schedule through 1 April has a few shots removed from
;
it for two reasons: 1) An appreciation of the difficulties involved in
ric
atmosphe
the
for
ion
preparat
2)
and
nts
experime
the
providing locations for
sses the fact that exe :
series beginning in April. Batzel further discu
l cannot now be execu °c i.
periments which could have been done before Apri
yield sites. An
cularly high
because of the lack of suitable sites, parti
ct to construction timing
respe
with
ions
decis
requests that in the future
atory and re
with his labor
in the various tunnels should be coordinated
held before there is any
be
ng
meeti
quests that an NTS planning board
of mining crews.
action taken with respect to the reassignment