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This letter gives the reasons why Sandia Corporation, as an Atomic Energy Commission contractor, requires information which can be gained only through the subject type test shot.
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Machine-read from the scan, so expect some errors. Lines that couldn’t be read are left out.
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Santa Fa Operationa OStl&i Sandia Baumif Alb«tcitaiz^iie, Ran Mexioo lorat Panalf 30 «to»tary 15^3*» AFIKIP Itr. 1. thia latter ia sent a t the oral renqp^et of Ilr. J. C* Clark, vho has indicated your desire for a latter fr(m Sandia Corporatdoa g i v ^ the reasons vhy this Corporaticxa, as an Atomie gained caily thi^ugh thu subject typ® test shot* fbsse reascms and are Bus&aarised in the f ollcwing paragraph.
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2. An answer to the question whethex* a eo»ts^t f«tse or a loir airthat iWi researeti and devalfl|a»nt taatts aay be gaided in the right tumc flat terarate inddcata that surfa^ btxrats iiay ba siq^erior to to«tfiirt-hcau&red feet abgni grotsid* Iteta reirealing the facto are 3* Ka^rally, the Bepartnent of Befanmi, as possible ns«ra of atoKic weapons, are also iaterested in terrain ahielding, freoi the effecta point of vietr. Whether hiUa shield terp»ta effecti-yelyi^ or Whether valleys *ehaxamV the shock wave, are iaportant itemi in the selsfticn of tainipt "groirasd aero* and la dation is quoted t *If feasible, without excessive expenw, an atoaie shot being fired for other purposes, such as a developMoit ahot, should be located to bmrst at a site where tcqpographic influence of the shock wave can be instruBsmted Prying Grounds, selecting there a place judged satisfactory as the observed phenonena aay torn out to be yield aensi^ve, re* qi^sts for several shota at that firing site* && auceeseive Operatioiui, should be anticipated by t%ii fast K^mager. vi Original Signed By