DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MILITARY LIAISON COMMITTEE
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Dear Mr. Strauss:
I refer to Dr. Libby's letter of 6 July 1956, advising that, with
certain revisions, the Commission concurs in the use of the material
forwarded with my letter of 20 June 1956 for briefing foreign observers
at Operation REDWING.
The changes made by the Commission will permit giving to foreign
observers very general information on all shots of Operation REDWING,
but prohibits the discussion of approximate yields of the three shots
as was proposed in Dr. Ogle's manuscript and approved by the Depart-
ment of Defense.
The changes had the effect of deleting all Restricted
Data which we had proposed to transmit to foreign observers.
We had considered carefully whether more information than that
contained in Dr. Ogle’s manuscript should be given to the British and
Canadian observers.
We determined that the manuscript as forwarded to
you contained the appropriate information to be disclosed and we re-
quested that the Commission join the Department of Defense in a determin-
ation that the information was transmissible.
Dr. Libby's letter did not
reply to our request and we are, as a result, unaware of the Commission's
determination as to transmissibility if such was made or considered.
The time interval between my receipt of Dr. Libby's letter and the
scheduled departure of foreign observers to the Pacific Proving Ground
left me no choice but to forward the briefing material, as approved by
the Commission to the Chief of Naval Operations for use by Dr. Ogle.
Nevertheless, I feel compelled to pass on to you my concern that the
Linited information which wilt now be given the British and Canadian
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