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Congress of the United States, 

 Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 



Washington, D. C, July 21, 1958. 

 The honorable the Secretary of Defense. 



Dear Mr. Secretary: On March 7, 1958, I requested the following members 

 of the Advisory Panel to the Subcommittee on Military Applications of the Joint 

 Committee on Atomic Energj' to make findings and recommendations to the sub- 

 committee concerning the adequacy of existing and planned programs for defense 

 against enemj^ submarine forces and for exploiting the offensive potential of 

 nuclear underseas weapons systems: 



Dr. Harvey Brooks, dean of engineering and applied phj'sics, Harvard 

 University, and member. Committee on Undersea Warfare of the National 

 Research Council. 



Dr. Ivan A. Getting, vice president, engineering and research, Raytheon 

 Manufacturing Corp., and member, Committee on Undersea Warfare of the 

 National Research Council. 



Dr. Gajdord P. Harnwell, president, University of Pennsylvania, and 

 member, Committee on Undersea Warfare of the National Research Council. 

 Mr. J. Kenneth Mansfield, former Chief of Special Projects, Joint Com- 

 mittee on Atomic Energy, and assistant to the general manager, nuclear 

 division, Combustion Engineering, Inc. 



Dr. Oskar Morgenstern, professor of economics, Princeton University. 

 Dr. Roger Revelle, director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 

 All of these panel members are experienced in areas relative to the subject 

 matter and participated with the subcommittee in 2 days of hearings held by the 

 Subcommittee on Military Applications on March 17 and 18, 1958. 



I am enclosing for your assistance a report submitted to the subcommittee by 

 the panel in which the panel made 12 major recommendations which the panel 

 members believe are necessary if the United States is to effectively defend itself 

 against enemy submarine forces and better exploit the offensive potential of 

 nuclear underseas weapons systems. I strongly believe that the enclosed report 

 will be of assistance to you in determining future Department of Defense policies 

 and that if the recommendations are followed, they will do much to guarantee 

 continued United States naval supremacy in the years to come. 



I am also sending a copy of this report to the Secretary of the Navy. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Henry M. Jackson, 

 Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Applicationf. 



The Secretary of Defense, 



Department op Defense, 

 Washington, D. C, July 30, 1958. 

 Hon. Henry M. Jackson, 



Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Applications, Joint Comynittee on 

 Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States. 

 Dear Senator Jackson: We have received and noted with interest your 

 letter of July 21, 1958, forwarding a report of your advisory panel dealing with 

 offensive and defensive features of nuclear underseas weapons systems. 



The experience and competence of the panel members is impressive. The 

 report deserves, and will receive, most careful consideration. 

 Sincerelv yours, 



Neil McElroy 



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