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Since all know violations in letter writing cocurred anong Naval
personel, it has been eoncluded by those most closely associated
with the probles that these personne] may not have been adequately
instructed as to what information they could or sould not divulge.
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Whether or not mail censorship is applied, the news value of security
information which might be released through personal letters can be
considerably reduced and rendered unsensstional through properly
timed and worded joint press releases by the AEC-DOD.
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