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The lastgprogress report I could find was sent to CJTF-7 in Washington from
Eniwetok on14Dec. 1959,and indicates that personnel strength is now down to 20
personnel from a level of about 1000 at the beginning of the year and the HEN
JIC
personnel have taken over virtually all functions.
A further update of the JERICHO planning follows a meeting of the steering
committee chaired by Jerry Johnson of Livermore, on10-11 Decemoer 59.
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time » DASA reports that there is no specifically—defined national policy in regard to
testing, that an executive statement is expected which will continue tne test ban on
& week-to-week basis and that the State Department and AEC nave expressed favor in this
plan, and that the DDR & E (York) has agreed within the last week tnat, with the
exception of underground testing, DASA should cut back the amount of effort in the DOD
test programs.
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Loner, the Assistant(Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy is quoted
as expressing his views just recently as follows:
"
1. The chance of doing,water or atmospheric testing in the foreseeable future
(EG June 61 after the new edministration has had sufficient study to meke such a
decision) is very small.
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2. Underground testing is about the only type for which he can see any chance of
complete accomplishment.
a. It is conceivable that the state of international negotiations may indicate
we should initiate underground testing in order to try to push the
negotiations along.
b. We may reach agreement on a proposal to suspend all testing by phases
beginning with areas where detection and identification techniques are
clear.
We would sucessively develop technicues on other types of
of testing and suspend them also.
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ce. The probability of doing any kind of testing not hich out it is higher
for widercround than for enything else.
‘should be prepared for."
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