Oral history interview with Richard L. Garwin, 1991 June 24.

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Oral history interview with Richard L. Garwin, 1991 June 24.

Focussed interview on Garwin's work with JASON. Discussion includes: origin of JASON; funding; problems of access to documents; JASON reports; the electronic battlefield and sensors in Vietnam, 1967; arms limitation (U.S. Navy); and JASON's administrative structure.

Transcript, 29 p.

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