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20 August 1954
MEMCRANDUM FOR MR. BUTTON
SUBJECT:
Meeting at Atomio Energy Commission Regarding Proposed
Press Release
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Mr. Heslep's meeting (scheduled for 15 minutes), hitting
a snag or two, lasted for hours and a half.
Present were
representatives of AEC, USIA, the weather Bureau, and myself,
representing Defense and OCB.
2.
As expected, the purpose of the meeting was to chew over
the proposed press statement, copy attached.
with regard to the indicated portion on page S$.
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3. Two difficulties still exist on page 2 of the release.
There were some objections from USIA on the paragraph indicated,
on the grounds that it was a little weak. This paragraph will be
redrafted by the Weather Bureau people without the quotes and
phrased somewhat differently. Other more serious problems arose
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This statement
cannot be madetsifliiiliiiiiiiiiiiiinciiciiisee:
eoeeerceeeee The Weather Bureau people will also rephrase or somehow get around this hooker.
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4.
The Weather Bureau people are apparently already reluctant
to make this statement on their own, and would have preferred a
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Theage “people, however, were successful
in persuading the feather Bureau that the latter should make the
release, based on the argument that a release ooming from AEC would
give the appearance of an alibi.
5.
Iwas assured by Mr. Heslep that this draft release had
already been cleared by Defense and the AEC. On that basis I
raised no objection, and stated that as far as Defense and OCB were
concerned,
we would readily agree to whatever solution AEC and the
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Weather Bureau could work out regarding the two points described
above.
6.
Suggest you forward this draft release and the ccpy ofmy
memorandim to Pete Craig for his information.
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