Excerpt from report by the Ad Hoc Committee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “Evaluation of Effect on Soviet War Effort Resulting from the Strategic Air Offensive,” 12 May 1949, Top Secret, excised copy.

Title

Excerpt from report by the Ad Hoc Committee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “Evaluation of Effect on Soviet War Effort Resulting from the Strategic Air Offensive,” 12 May 1949, Top Secret, excised copy.

Creator

Air Force Lieutenant General Hubert R. Harmon

Subject

Cold War Atomic Use Report.

Description

The first systematic effort to estimate the destruction to the Soviet Union that a U.S. atomic attack would cause and the extent to which the destruction would be decisive to the outcome of a U.S.-Soviet war.

Publisher

National Security Archive

Date

May 12, 1949

Type

Image/Scan of document

Source

National Security Archive

Language

English

Files

Cold War Doc #1 (dragged).pdf

Citation

Air Force Lieutenant General Hubert R. Harmon, “Excerpt from report by the Ad Hoc Committee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “Evaluation of Effect on Soviet War Effort Resulting from the Strategic Air Offensive,” 12 May 1949, Top Secret, excised copy.,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 22, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/5008.

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