PRY A- TF [jetse* ae - copy for Secretariat F ResDOr OSITORY NARA -¢ offOt ou | hav q 408612 COLLECTION RL 326 S/- SP Secretary BOX No, [23 (NN3 - 326-93. ox FoLoen MRIA 7 Redw, n¢ OTe Bp oe ; R Vol.i Dear Senator Anderson: The Coqeission, by letter of April 2, 1956, sutiinsd to tedthein teint Comittee a special Ghuerver Progran to be execu Gperation conneation vith thefivet detanstion onforthe“syeurrent 1, 1956. REGWIRS meclesr teat seriea scheduled [ett aon : thie Special Goeerver Frogras for neve vedla ant FORA Le baced os the preule« thet the special observers involved wili not ave aovess 19 Olaasified information. It was considered aecessary, bovever, to declasaify vos presentlyaleepified inforgetion in order to achieve the cbhjectives of the progres. sccordingliy, the Cowsisaion has deterained that the following inforsation may be publighed without conatituting as usdue righ to the eonson defonme and sequrity: (1) The aporoxiaate date (May 1, 1956) of the boo (2) Yte yleld of thin selected abot is expected Ls fivet shot of Gperation RFDYTIG; I! to he {and was} several wgatonss foo {3} The selected shot is to be (and ves) en aire buret; (4) the gods word APONI@O when associated with the 1964 test speraticns (5} Infopeation thet this test detonation has taken pless (grtor 49 the offfolal akc-DD enacuncesest, daclasatficatian ef the code word SISVIRG ap= fraa Row on, buat tat the declassification tet ne Four iteme is applieable oaly <0 shet. EST COPY AVAILAGLE 7 P26 /-7 The eapunt and type af officiel jaforsation to be ante publie during the reasinder of Cpsratios SIDVIMS which provebly will extend inte August, will depeod ian part on the results of the Coserver Prograa emi on international develapaente during the period of Cperation ATDeIES. or Tt ie soted that plies to ite ute See ey nesee the Mey 1, 1956,