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_f- 4 MONSANTO CHEMICAL COMPANY Ihlhat t an Di mtr ict - Corps of Ey in e ers 'I$e importmcp of thls infornation, not 0ilI.y i n deternining and ii'urtkermore, expr im ants by vhich ne can increase om- ImoidcCIge o f the nature of the atoinic nucleus vi11 be g ez t ly fac il it9atod by thc availab.L?-i.l;y of pure stable isotopes. abundmce of the natur zl isotopes, WentuaUv s emrated iso to ses 02 t b ! e - g - There are nmy problems in radiochemistry It i s appreciated that you are amre of the iqportancc of these scparcl;ed stablc isotoges, and ne are very L rate ful to you adto your :associa tes in the l bhat kan District for the emourazement rrh-ich you hcve C;iven the Tennessee Eastman Corporation in initiating and continuing this prosrain. I'le would like t o say, lio:vcver, that, since vie belicve that the stable isoto_ne in port ant on every count than the uranium isotope separation, we wish that pester emphasis could be placed upon it. J difficult where one company i s responsible for both propruns vith its major responsibility the efficient conduct of the uranium separation. propam a t Y-12 i s today scientifically more ' h port ant and soon Prill be more J It 13 appreciated that this is
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'Iho majority of the scientific and technical personnel responriblo for this vmrk a t Y-12 feel as we do obut the relative inportanco of the t m scparatid programs. ' hey are, howover, sometimes uiader the impression that the security regiLations dictated by the ureniun separation program tend to isolfito thorn from their fellow scientists and scientific viork in gone rd. Yie have heard reports that they are leaving the pmject at an alarming rate. ?Ye hope, therefore, that you mill continue to show your beneficent interest in this program by doing everything possiblo, first to assure that the XRX equipment remains i n production of stable isotopes on an arrangement that wlll be Unaffected by any changes that may take place i n the uranium sep z rat bn progrm, and secondly to maintaln and increase the feeling of the technical personnel that they are Indeed cont rik ting greatly to s dent if iom rk of the Yours very sincerely,