ENCLOSURE "B" UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RADIATION LABORATORY . BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA | November 24, 1952... Brig. Gen. K.E. Fields Atomic Energy Commission Division of Military Application Washington, D.C. Dear General Fields: As you know, UCRL Livermore spent the first few months of its existence working out plans and working over ideas to see what it could do to best carry out its mission of increasing the effort in the thermoneculear program, These plans began to have some semblance of firmness on about November 1, 1952, and it is only since then that our. engineering and service organiza- tions have been able to make a study of the feasibility and possible timing of the proposed weapons research program. The proposed device test program was as follows: Neennrrruagegnitie os The feasibility and: timing Study of the above program has brought out the followingpoints: C I. The Operation Upshot program ean be carried out as planned barring major accidents or unexpected difficulties in processing. Enclosure "B”

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