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In Burope, the prorress of a united political
unit and a united army continue with uncertain
progress.
(2)
Strictly speaxing, the world is at peace but it is
actually in an indefinable state mown as "cold war"
in which the forces of the Fast (Communists) are
lined up againet those of the West (anti-Commnist)
and oppose each sther openly by every means short of
a declaration of war. In maintaining this state of
cold war the scientific discovery and application of
atomic energy has played an important part in restraining the USSR. The fear of the destructive
force of atomic weapone has undoubtedly proved a
deterrent to the aggressive attitude of the Soviet
government. The USSK is striving by every possible
means to increase their technisal knowledge and
application of atomic energy and thereby increase
their potential mijitery force.
(3) The policy of the Communists {and the USSR) is well
known in continuing treir efforts for world domination,
namely, to apply continued military and political
pressure against ali uon-commmisti¢c governments,
relaxing only when the attack is futile and transferring the pressure t. another area.
(4)
JTF SEVEN shonld en:ouiter no open enemy in carrying
oft its miselon, drert action sinid take place only
in case of:
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(a)
(b)
(5)
A sudden de-iaraviou of war and attack in force
by an enemy p:swer
Hostile action by e2r sr sea on a small scale
for the purpose of interfering with the experiment or to gain te-hnical knowledge.
It may be expected that the USSR and other nations will
make a determined and continuing effort to gain
knowledge of Operation CASTLE \Restricted, SI)
and the atomic experiments and to interfere with
them by every meanz pessible, short of operations
which would precipitars open hostilities.
(6)
In addition to the danger from espionage, Operation
CASTLE (Restricted, SI} is subject to the leak of
sensitive information by careJess and thoughtless
personnel and to leaks through the press and through
the mail.
(7)
The nonexistence of an open enemy precludes the need
of activity for the purrose of gaining information
of the activity of the enemy. At the same time it
emphasizes the need for the maximum effort to maintain
security. Any effort of the enemy ts reconnoiter
TASK GROUP 7.4
OPRS ORDER NO. 1-53
ANNEX A
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