PROGRAM FOR CONSULTANTS - RADIOLOGICAL PROJECT

Friday - 17 August 1956

10:00 - 10:15 Introductory Remarks - Dr. Hill
10:15 - 11:15 Project Status and Plans - Dr. Magee
11:15 - 12:45 Visitors Read Project Material
12:45 - 1:45 Lunch (Room 3C 1065 - Pentagon)
1:45 - 2:45 Visitors Read Project Material
2:45 - 3:30 Casualty Estimates - Dr. Johnstone
3:30 - 4:30 Summary of Oblast Studies - George, Schatz and Uliassi
4:30 - 5:15 Proposal for a Study of Comparative Post-War Economic Resources - Dr. Hibbs

Saturday - 18 August 1956

9:30 - 11:00 Symposium on Statements of Implications
11:00 - 12:15 Panel Meeting for Discussion of Project
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch (Allison's Little Tea Room)
1:30 - 2:45 Panel Meeting Continued

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RADIO FREE EUROPE

13 September 1956

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
Council on Foreign Relations
58 East 68th Street
New York 21, New York

Dear Henry:

Please forgive me for not answering your last letter. I had intended to write you long before this, but I have been so busy that I had to put it off again and again.

My long silence did not mean, however, that I have forgotten my promise to produce an updated version of the paper on atomic problems by September 15th. I am happy to report that the manuscript is being typed now and will be airmailed to you within a couple of days.

The actual research and writing was done by a German graduate student, a Mr. Geiss. I have devoted considerable time to laying out the work for him, reviewing the material, and editing the manuscript. My task was somewhat complicated by the fact that Mr. Geiss, while quite capable and also fluent in English, has strong sympathies for the SPD and hence is quite opinionated on the subject. This bias inevitably is reflected to some extent in the paper although I have made every possible effort to excercise it from the manuscript. Despite this shortcoming I am satisfied that the paper contains all the necessary information and presents a comprehensive and clear picture of the present German thinking on atomic problems. I have tried to give added perspective in a short introduction which I wrote myself. In addition to the paper I shall mail several brochures which set forth in detail some views on the long-range implications of nuclear energy.

I should have mentioned to you earlier a problem in connection with the remuneration for the paper. I did not realize at first how high German fees for this kind of work are. The minimum charged for a straight translation is $4.20 per page, and for the much more complicated work required in the preparation of a study of this kind considerably more, of course, is being asked. I have been able to work out a satisfactory arrangement with Mr. Geiss, but I do hope you will be able to pay an additional $10.00 or $15.00 for various expenses incurred, such as the typing of the manuscript, which neither he nor I could do. Otherwise, I shall have to pay these expenses out of my own pocket. I also hope that you could arrange for payment of the compensation as soon as possible as Mr. Geiss is quite in need of the money and I had to give him several advances. The simplest way is to send a check to my account with the First National Bank of Alexandria, Va.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Office of the Chief of Research and Development
Washington 25, D. C.

13 September 1956

Dear Henry:

I have just returned from a trip to White Sands, New Mexico, and found your letter of 4 September awaiting me. Since you will need the answers to questions in your letter in the writing that you are doing, I thought that it would be well for me to reply at once and follow up later with more detailed information.

I presume that you refer to the published testimony. It is unfortunate that so much was deleted from the complete, classified record. It has caused some misunderstanding here in the building also.

In answer to your first question, I was arguing for an intra-theater lift, a divisional lift, for each of three major theaters. This lift would be of the C-119, C-123, and C-130 type. In addition to this tactical lift the Army needs a strategic lift, an inter-theater lift. Because of the range to be flown and the peculiar navigational problems associated with long over-water flights, the types of aircraft should be quite different. Those we are now thinking of are in the C-124, C-132, and C-133 categories. These are referred to on the first half of page 846 of the published testimony.

I will look up the details and cost figures for you and let you have them as soon as possible.

I appreciate your more than kind comment. Testifying under such circumstances I found rather difficult since one must reply within limits established by the Executive Branch, and more specifically the Department of Defense. This accounts for the frequent use of the expression "in my opinion", since its use implies that the views presented are not necessarily those of the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense. It is quite difficult also to answer factually without in some manner being accused of stirring up inter-service controversy. The fall-out question and the answer to it was most difficult in this respect and even though I hedged the answers carefully, I have found quite a few people unhappy about that one. In fact, as you may recall, Time wrote that I was sent up to stop the Air Force program, which of course is entirely nonsense.

I still plan on being in New York the afternoon of September 26. I'll give you a ring and stop by.