LETTER TO MR. GERARD C. SMITH FROM K. E. FIELDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000700140024-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2009
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: April 6, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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c`. L'3I Sa "u i u:. 1.
April 6, 1956
Mr. Gerard C. Smith
Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
for Atomic Energy
U.S. Department of State
Washington 25, D.C.
DOE review completed.
Dr. John Turkevich has indicated that the following four Soviet repres-
sentatives:-- V..I. Veksler, V. P. Silin, M. A. Markov, and V. S. Emel-
yanov, desire to visit Cornell University on Monday, April 9th, and AEC
install tions in accordance with the following schedule:--
Thursday - April 12 - Radiation Laboratory, University of California,
Berkeley
Friday - April 13 - Radiation Laboratory, University of California,
Berkeley
Monday - April 16 - trookhaven National Laboratory
It is understood that Dr. Turkevich will accompany the Soviet Representa-
tives to the Radiation Laboratory and to Brookhaven as an interpreter
and guide. It was further learned from Dr. Turkevich that the first
three named Soviet representatives plan to depart from New York on the SS
Queen Elizabeth on April 18, 1956.
The AEC has no objection to the visits of the four individuals named above
to Cornell University and to non-security areas of the Berkeley Radiation
Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory? The AEC has no classified
work in progress at Cornell University.
Dr. Turkevich also indicated to us, informally, that in the course of
his contacts and discussions with the Soviet representatives, he feels
that he ha.s gained information in their fields of work which were not
previously known to him and which, in his opinion, were not previously
known to the U.S. atomic program. In addition, he has telephoned to us
a letter which he received from Dr. Veksler, indicating an intention to
reciprocate at the time the U.S. scientists are in Moscow in May of 1956.
A copy of this letter is attached.
Turkevich that the AF,C had no objection to the proposed visits on the
basis mentioned above, and that we had so informed your office.
morning and the Russian representatives planned to stay over, we told Dr.
Inasmuch as Dr. Turkevich was leaving Rochester, New York, late this
Sincerely yours,
K. E. Fields
General Manager
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As dictated over the
telephone by Dr. John
Turkevich;gl 4/6/56
6/4/56
TO Professor I. L. Turkevich
We would be very grateful to you if the members of the Soviet
Delegation of physicists *3, and V.S. Emelyanov are given an
opportunity to familiarize themselves with the Cosmotron and
the Bevatron and with the physical investigations which are
carried out on these accelerators. From our side, we will take
measures that the group of American physicists who wi:i come to
the May Conference in Moscow will also be given the possibility
to acquaint themselves with the accelerator of 680 MEV and with
the accelerator at the energy of 10 billion and with experiments
which are carried out at these installations.
Respectfully yours,
:=f Turkevich advised that these were:--
V. I. Veksler
V. P. Silin
M. A. Markov
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