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FIRST SESSION
(November 4, 1953)
The meeting began in executive session at 10:00 a.m,
All members,
the Secretary, and Mr. Tomed were present, -
The Chairman began by mentioning the full doolmenthtién which had
been supplied for the necting, and said that Dr. McDaniel had been very
cooperative and helpful dn his capacity as the Coumi ssion's GAC Liaison
Officer: He next directed attention to the agenda for the meeting,
particulafly to a series of items (a to 1) listed in the letter of
October 28 from Mr. Strauss.
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There was preliminary discussion of some
of these items,
Next, acceding to Mr. Murphree's earlier request, the Chairman
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relieved him of his duties as Chairman of the ‘Subcommittee on Reactors,
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haterials and Production,
Mr, Whitman was appointed to this post.
Referring to the agenda before the Comittee » Dr. Libby said that
Agenda,
the GAC should have a discussion of the industrial and medical uses of
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isotopes.
It was suggested that the subject be discussed, within the
GAC, at the next meeting. ©
The Minutes of the 36th Meeting were considered.
Attributions of
Dr. Buckley raised
a point of principle with respect to the practice of including near-
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quotations of persons other than GAC members, e.g. Commissioners, in the
the
Minutes
Minutes.
He felt that this should be avoided, as a courtesy to those
who were not in a position to check the text before the Minutes were
adopted,
The Committee discussed this question briefly.
Dr. Rabi
observed that if the Minutes had wide circulation he would share Dr.
However, since their circulation was stringently
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