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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIRED
TAREINGTON 204 De Ce
NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN
10 April 1957
SUBJECT:
NATIONALS
Distribution of Study by the Operations Research Office,
ORO=-R-17, Appendix B.
ATT: MR, RARPH B. SPEAR, ASST, ADMINISTRATOR
1.
<A copy of a study by the Operations Research Office,
The Johns Hopkins University, "Effectiveness of Some Civil
Defense Actions in Protecting Urban Populations" (U) is inclosed.
2.
As an element of a broad study on defense of the United
States, the Operations Research Office investigated passive defense
meagsurese The inclosed document presents certain results of this
analysis.
3. The parent study nas not yet been completed. However,
in view of current interest among meny agencies of the government
in ths subject matter of the inclosed paper, it is being distributed now for information.
4.
Since the Department of the Army is not charged with
responsibility for activities referred to in the recommendations
contained on page 4 of the paper, the Army has adopted no position
at this time on these recommendations.
FOR THE CHIEF OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
1 Inel
ORO-R=-17
Appendix B
ROLAND P. CARLSON
Colonel, GS
Chief, Operetions Research
Division
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