me
on seismic effects.
(I understand that Drs. Van Allen and Christofolis
Step 2.
To have the State Department make information of
appropriate classification from this report available to the Sovie ts and
other countries concerned (such as the U.K., the Union of South Africa,
appropriate South American countries, Japan) as it deems politiically
advisable under the circumstances, including the introduction of the
report into the Geneva testing suspension talks, if, in the light q f the
over-all policy considerations bearing on these negotiations, su th
introduction is deemed advisable.
Step 3.
To brief in advance the Joint Committee on Atomi c Energy,
Disarmament Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Cor nmiittee,
and other appropriate Congressional groups.
Step 4. To issue a release from the White House compar; rable in
nature and scope to the releases on seismological data once the
appropriate foreign governments and key U.S. officials have be
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are preparing such a report.)
informed.
Step 5. To establish a panel of appropriate members of t he U.S.
Committee for the IGY and the National Academy of Sciences; k ey
governmentofficials in the Department of Defense, State Depan tment,
AEC, National Science Foundation, NASA, and the Office of the Special
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; to reply to
ereby
anticipated queries from the press as per attached guidelines;
establishing better control over the release of information and
speculation as to its meaning. If possible, this panel should mpet with
the press in the Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences in order
to emphasize the scientific aspects of this experiment.
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Assistant
to the President
Attachment
Guidelines (2 pages)