Volume 18, Number 9 · May 18, 1972
Error on Testing
By Robert M. Bartlow
In response to New Reader (April 20, 1972)
To the Editors:
Just a note in recognition of my own error on one point [in reply to Paul Jacobs's "The Cabinet of Dr. DOD," Letters, NYR, April 20]. Operation Red Wing was the last of the hydrogen bomb tests. The other nuclear tests—small peanuts in comparison with Red Wing—did occur. I knew many people involved in preparing for it and the tremendous effect that it had on everyone. Psychologically, Operation Red Wing caused the recognition by all that a ban on above-ground testing had to occur eventually. I carried that wish into a reality in making my error.
Robert M. Bartlow
Chicago, Illinois
