UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000100110006-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 12, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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ER 62-9151
EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM No.
MEMORANDUM FOR:
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (INTELLIGENCE)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (RESEARCH)
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This memorandum contains information for the addressees. Ad-
dressees may give this memorandum additional circulation within
their components as required. All copies should be destroyed not
filed, upon completion of circulation. A master file will be kept in
the Executive Director's Office and will be available upon request.
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December 12, 1962
NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 210
TO:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The
Chairman,
Atomic Energy Cormission
The
Director,
Office of Science and Technology
The
Director,
Bureau of the Budget
The
Director,
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
SUBJECT: Underground Nuclear Tests
1. The President has directed. the establishment of a Working
Group on Underground Nuclear Tests to be comprised of representatives
of the Departments of State and Defense, the Special Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs (Chairman), the Atomic Energy
Commission, the Bureau of the Budget, and the Office of Science and
Technology. The departmental representatives should be designated
promptly and their names reported to this office.
2. The Working Group will review the schedule of tests for
the remainder of FY 1963 and for FY 1964, and the policy and technical
justifications therefor, to deterrni:e if the schedule is consistent with
the requirements of national security and with foreign policy.
3. The Group's conclusions and recommendations should be
transmitted to the President as soon as possible and no later than
March 4, 1963.
McGeorge Bundy
Information copies to:
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
THE W=:: T E HOUSE
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