Here, transmitted by a 14 Sept.
59 cover letter, are several papers answering
questions from Starbird dated 7 July, 31 July, and 13 Aug.
All the questions
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concern the future of LASL in the area of weapons testing. weapons development,
non-weapons activities, and research such as done by universities, over the next
decade.
Several types of testing situations are presumed:
moratorium A where
all atmospheric testing is prohibited; moratorium B where all testing over 10 tons
is prohibited; and moratorium C where limited testing is permitted after July 1960.
Bradbury expresses little confidence in projecting a 10 year progress in weapons
development given these conditions and therefore just trys to lay out some of the
areas of investigation which would seem to be more fruitful and likely for further
exploration in the 3 situations.
The moratorium A would allow weapons development
across the board but at greatly increased
expense and would require a national
devotion with the appropriate funding and effort to pursue weapons development
in this environment (underground and outerspace only).
Under moratorium B, Bradbury
yield tactical weapons and improvement of "1 point safety characteristics of
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specifically feels that this would allow developments and refinements only in low