Finding Aids
Radioactive Fallout
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
LYNDON B. JOHNSON LIBRARY
Austin, Texas
According to an archivist at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, very little information on nuclear testing has been recently declassified. The richest source appears to be the National Security files which contain three cubic feet of documents on nuclear testing dating from 1963-1968. Within this collection, there is material concerning the Bikini Atoll and underground nuclear testing. Approximately two inches of material on nuclear testing and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty are in the Vice Presidential Security Files. A few papers, including correspondence, on Plowshare are in the White House Central Files under Atomic Energy, AT 2 and AT 3, files. Also within the White House Central Files are materials dealing with Radiological Health (HE 6), Territories and Islands including Bikini Atoll (ST 51), and Weapons-Ordnance-Munitions (ND 21). Finally, the Johnson Library also holds Administrative Histories for the Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The AEC History, which is classified, contains materials on Projects Cabriolet and Plowshare. The Arms Control and Disarmament History is largely declassified. Classified material is stored at the Johnson Library, and access requires permission of the originating agencies and appropriate clearances.
DESCRIPTION
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TOTAL SIZE (FEET)
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POTENTIALLY RELEVANT (FEET)
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HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION
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VALUE
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| Vice Presidential Security Files |
Unknown |
0.2 |
Unclassified |
Unknown |
White House Central Files--Atomic Energy
AT 2 (Atomic Industrial)
AT 3 (Peace Promotion), Plowshare, Cabriolet
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Unknown
Unknown |
0.4
0.15 |
Classified
Classified |
Unknown
Unknown |
| HE 6 (Radiological Health) |
Unknown |
0.2 |
Unclassified |
Unknown |
| ST 51 (Territories and Islands) |
Unknown |
0.4 |
Unclassified |
Unknown |
| ND 21 (Weapons-Ordnance Munition) |
Unknown |
0.2 |
Unclassified |
Unknown |
| National Security Files, Subject Files, Nuclear Testing, Plowshare Events |
Unknown |
3 |
Classified |
Unknown |
| Administrative Histories |
Unknown |
0.3 |
Classified |
Unknown |
CONTACT
David Humphrey, Senior Archivist, or
Tina Houston, Supervisory Archivist
Lyndon B. Johnson Library
2313 Red River Street
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 482-5137
  
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