| Le wl by foo: We are also aware that a suggestion may be made to divide the operation into two phases - one in the fall of 1953 and one in the spring of 1954. posal on both sassoon We aré strongly opposed,tosucha pro- practical and technical grounds,. om oncih Operation DOMINO, originally tentatively suggested as occur-- ring in the spring of 1954 period, may either be still further postponed, or may occur, onaverylimited.basis,.inNevadain... whadelof 19) PenaANENT NTE TNTACEH REE BeRee a On nanuentane We are presenting this advance information on this phase of the formal Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory program in view of the { a urgency of making decisions relating to Eniwetok at the earliest. possible date. In view of the concurrence which we have already ~ received in informal discussions, we are proceeding to implement these decisions as rapidly as possible. We recognize that a test ~ ye Enclosure "A"

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