REVIEW OF UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000100130030-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: June 19, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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TO. The Secretary of State
THE WHITE HOUSE '7 L
WASHINGTON
June 19, 1964
NATIONAL SECURITY, ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 307,
The Chairman of the Joint Chief s of Staff
The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
'The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
The Director of the Bureau of the Budget
The Special Assistant to the President on Science and Technology,
"SUBJECT Review of Underground Nuclear Tests
The President has reconstituted the Review Committee on Under-
ground Nuclear Tests. The Review Committee, under the' chairrrian
ship of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security
the :Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Director of
Central Intelligence, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. of Staff, the
Affairs, will be composed of the Secretaries of State and Defense,
Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the
Science and Technology, or their designated representatives.
Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and the Special Assistant for
The `Review Committee will review the annual underground nuclear
test programs and the quarterly requests for authorization' of specific
scheduled tests. The Review Committee will consider thz policy
.and technical justifications for the proposed tests to determine if .
they are consistent with the requirements' of national security and
foreign policy.
The results of the Committee's review and its recommendations
should be transmitted to the President in time to allow him to give
full consideration thereto before the scheduled events are,to take.
place.
,The Review Committee is also directed to perform the functions
specified in NSAM No. 269.
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EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM No. 132
DATE
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Deputy Director (P
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Deputy Director (i
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Deputy Director (S
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This memorandum contains information for the addressees.
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dressees may give this memorandum additional circulation within
their components as required. All copies should be destroyed, not
filed, upon completion of circulation. A master file will be kept in
the Executive Director's Office and will be available upon request.
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