LETTER TO MR. EDWARD BAUSER FROM JOHN M. MAURY

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• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: September 19, 1969
• Content Type: LETTER

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19 September 1969
Mr. Edward l3auser
Executive Director
Joint Committee on :"= tomic orgy
Congress of the United States
Washington, D. C. 24510
This is in response to your request for Central intelligence
ncy advice on declassification of the document, "Policy and
Progress in the H-bomb Program: '; Chronology of Leading Events.
The U. S. conclusions on the bottom of page 12 of the document
once rnin
Iweepons information are unclassified. However,
The paragraphs which we have paper clipped on the document
are intelligence or CI.=.-related but we believe that, at this point in
time, revelation of the information contained therein would not jeopar-
dize intelligence sources and methods. We would request, however,
that the references to the Central Intelligence I, gency on pages "L3, 35,
36, and 53 be deleted or rephrased in such a way as to avoid specific
references to this 'agency.
We have no suggested security deletions other than the above
and those specified by the ' tomic Energy Commission- and the
Depa rtme nt of Defense as noted on the copy which you forwarded to
us.
Sincerely,
John M. Maury
Legislative Counsel
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 CHET HOLIFIELD, CALIF.,
CHAIRMAN
MELVIN PRICE, ILL.
WAYNE N. ASPINALL, COLO.
JOHN YOUNG, TEX.
ED EDMONDSON, OKLA.
CRAIG HOSM ER, CALIF.
JOHN B. ANDERSON, ILL.
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WILLIAM M. MC CULLOCH, OHIO
CATHERINE MAY, WASH.
EDWARD J. BAUSER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
August 4, 1969
Mr. John M. Maury
Legislative Counsel
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Mr. Maury:
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N. MIX.
ALBERT GORE, TENN.
HENRY M. JACKSON, WASH.
GEORGE D. AIKEN. VT.
WALLACE F. BENNETT, UTAH
CARL T. CURTIS, NEBR.
MORRIS COTTON, N.H.
At the request of Congressman Holifield, I am enclosing a copy
of a 91-page chronology entitled "Policy and Progress in the H-bomb
Program: A Chronology of Leading Events. II This chronology was
prepared by the staff of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy in 1952
and was originally classified Top Secret Restricted Data.
In a letter dated September 21, 1966, the AEC advised the
Committee that a classification review of the document resulted in it
being downgraded to Secret Restricted Data. The letter also stated that
if 134 deletions were made (which were listed in a separate attachment),
the document would not contain RD or FRD information. The Department
of Defense also reviewed this document and suggested several deletions.
It would be appreciated if you would have this document reviewed
by the Central Intelligence Agency classification officials and advise the
Committee as to what classified defense information other than RD or
FRD is contained in this chronology and which must be removed in order
to declassify this document.
Sincerely yours,
Edward J. $auser
Executive Director
Enclosure:
91-page chronology
on H-bomb
When separated from enclosure,
handle as unclassified.
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Policy and Progress in the H-bomb Program:
A Chronology of Leading Events, dated
1 January 1953
Subject paper has been reviewed by this Division
and paper-clipped paragraphs on the listed pages have been
found to be intelligence or CIA-related. Most or all of
these items are believed to be unclassified as of now;
the information is quite old, and can have no effect on
sources, methods, etc. However, we feel some comments
are necessary on several of these items, as given below:
Pages 4, 24, 45 and 78 - Unclassified.
Pages 12, 13 and 38 - U.S. conclusions on bottom
of page 12 concerning Fuchs' weapons information are
unclassified.
Pages 23, 35, 36 and 53 - These are all official
CIA statements, or in one case a reference by JCAE to
the lack of a CIA statement. This appears to raise a
question of Agency policy on publication of official CIA
statements and positions, and we would defer to the Legal
Staff of the Agency for a recommendation regarding these
quite old statements.
ie
Nuclear Energy Division/SI
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EXCERPT FROM JOURNAL
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
Monday - 4 August 1969
Murphy, Deputy Director, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and received
from him a chronology on the decisions leading to the building of the hydrogen.
bomb for our review for security and sensitivity prior to publication by the
Committee. Mr. Murphy advised that AEC and DOD have reviewed the
document. No suspense date for completion of the security review has been
established by the Committee.
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