‘sults reported to CinCPacF1t and OpNav. In general the results of the invest- igations were as follows: (a) That authorship of the letters in quostion was ad:itted by the alleged writers without exception. (b) That each letter writer adritted that he had been briefed on several occasions concerning what could an? what could not be written in personal letters, . (c) That each writer stated that he knew ityvas forbidden and improper to write concerning the results of the tests. (a) That the majority of the letter writers denied that their letters contained the words "HYDROGEN" or FATOMIC*, (e) That several of the letter writers claimed that much of what they wrote was the product of both what they. saw and their imagination. (f) That each writer believed that his letter had been ‘dressed-up" considerably by the editors of the newspapers. (g) That is was zenerally felt by all concerned that recent newspaper accounts of a Hydrogen Bomb and articles appearing in the Saturday Evening Post ard various otherperiodicalsthroughout the country seemed to contain identical information included in their personal lettors to their families, ‘As a result, and despite their instructions to thé contrary, they did not believe that they vere acting in violation of realistic security. (h) That no official recommendations have been mede by the Task Grour Gommande: ¢hus far concerning disciplinary action in tho case of individual . authors of these letters, pending receipt of -olicy guidance from higher a.thority, BEST AVAILARLE COPY ° | On 8 November 1952, CJTF 132 reerphasized the need for further indoctri-