with any information concerning atomic energy matters which may be necessary in the development of ae program of civil defense. 7. Y¥or purposes of this memorandum the following definitions will obtain: (a) The term "United States" includes continental United States and its territories and possessions; (bd) The term "civil defense" is generally used to denote the organized activities of the civilian population (1) to minimize the effects of any enemy action directed against the United States and (2) to maintain or restore those facilities and services which are essential to civil life and which are affected by such enemy action. It does not in general include internal security or active defense measures, such as aircraft warning, which, although they may utilise oivilian volunteers, are a responsibility of the Armed Foroes. However, the extent to which, if any, and the manner in which, a civil defense program should in fact cover any such matters, or be related thereto, are questions which the Office of Civil Defense Planning, in conjunction with other appropriate agencies, should consider in the preparation of its program. Similarly, the term “civil defense" does not in general include matters having to do with the strategic relooation of industries, services, government, and economic activities in anticipation of any future emergency (a responsibility of the National Seourity Resources Board under subsection 103(c)(6) of the National Seourity Act of 1947), but the Office of Civil Defense Plaming will advise the National Seourity Resources Board of the relation of such matters to a oivil defense program, and will, to the extent requested, work closely with such Board (1) in the development of policies and the solution of problems having to do with strategic relocation, and (2) in the implementation, where appropriate and when requested by the Board, of any such policies which may be directly related to a civil defense program; (co) The terms “oivil defense program", and "olvil defense organization", except when specifically modified, respeotively have reference to an overall program and to an overall organization for the civil defense of the United States, and not mrely to the federal aspects thereof. Foun ef Jomes Forrestal 4@ 6544 nowt ARCHIVES