a ee - -- . “owe 4 stil. to be solved in the‘design of power reactors, and ‘present | a reconnended‘program covering the next three to ‘tive years. 11. ite “look forward with interest to a full exchange of views with the Committee.‘during its consideration of nuelear Power, legistation‘which wall be proposed to the Congress.”.ne OTHER ISGISLATIVE PROPOSALS 200 te aa eteSbee 12. We have récommended to the President ‘that“the ‘Atomic’ Energy Act be amended to permit ‘greater Flexibility in providing 7 materials and classified technical, information to‘friendly nations, The Connission's need for wider discretion in this regard ‘has.lt _~-. .-been evident in past pegotiations:with’ ‘raw materials suppliers, | and would become, ‘much | more acute ig nuclear ‘power’ legislation were enacted, permitting“UnitedStates 8 industry,tohave‘broaderaccess - to reactor.data. “7 Tom 8 ba OE - - - : -. - ve me . : > SER weet . Soe ete ONTO El. so. ow eo. a 13. The most important of various other legislative proposals relate toproblems of information control. We have proposed that Commission contractors as well as Commission employees ‘be permit~- ted to transmit restricted data to persons cleared by the Depart~ ment of Defense. “We have also requested authority to remove . informationfrom the restricted data category without necessarily declassifying it and removing it from‘the protection of the _Espion- WA morecomprehensive approach to the problem of protecting national secrets has been undertaken by the Department of Justice and the Commission. Inthis study, requested by the President in response. to a suggestion transmitted in. early. July by the Chair- man of the Joint Committee, representatives: of the:“two agenciés are exploring‘the advantages| of legislation uniformly applicable: wet » to all information affecting the nation's security. -§5§ - ~