B. o>} o ' nN 1 SECUR * ORMA TION RESPONSIBILITY 1. ‘he Information Coordinator, responsible to the Commission and the Test ilanager, will supervise information activities of all participating agencies and components of the Test Organization related to the "open" shot. C. ORGANIZATION 1. The Joint Information Office will be the sole coordinating agency for Clearance, approval and issvance of any public information relating to the Tonen" shot and the test series for all participating agencies and organizations. 2. the Office will operate under the direction of the Coordinator of Information. Morse Salisbury, Director of the AEC Division of Information Services, has been designated as Coordinator by the Commission and the Test Manager. Deputy Coordinators have been designated as follows: Richard G. Elliott, Director of the Joint Test Information Office, for the Test Organization; Lee Hargus, Assistant Director of the Office of Public Information, Department of Defense, for DOD; Guy P. Jones, Public Relations Officer, Atomic Test Operations Staff, Federal Civil Defense Administration, for FCDA; 0? abod ey Shelby Thompson, Chief, Public Information Service, AEC, for AEC. The Coordinator and Deputy Coordinators are authorized to communicate directly with their respective headquarters offices and with field units of all participating agencies and organizations.