REVIEW OF THE FY 1964 UNDERGROUND TESTING PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 30, 1963
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NSC REVIEW
COMPLETED,
6/26/2003
SECRET
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 30, 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR HOLDERS OF NSAM NO. 210
.SUBJECT: Review of the FY 1964 Underground Testing Program
pertaining to underground testing contained in the letter dated August 23,
1963, to the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the
Top Secret annex thereto, both signed by the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
2. The Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of
Defense are requested to initiate review of those parts of the testing pro-
gram for which they are responsible, and to submit their recommenda-
tions for any revisions in the program tc the working group established
by NSAM No. 210, for its review of the policy and technical justifica-
tions supporting the recommendations. The working group will generally
review the entire program to determine if it is consistent with the re-
quirements of national security and with foreign policy.
3. In view of possible implications for certain appropria-
tions requests now pending before the Congress, the President has re-
quested that the results of this review be transmitted to him as soon
as possible and no later than September 23, 1963. The agency recom-
mendations should be forwarded to the working group by September 16.
1. The President has requested that the existing FY 1964
underground testing program be reviewed in light of the partial test ban
treaty, ratification of.which appears to be imminent, and the statements
61,
McGeorge Bundy
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