~ stl CONFIDENTIAL or substantially controlled. In the propaganda piduring nuclear weapons testing (rather than nuclear war) as the present and grave danger, there has been resort to unscientific statements and appeals to natural human fears and emotions. There is no way to correct this misappre- hension except with the facts, Unfortunately, these facts are often only possible of expression in technical language and are accordingly difficult to publicize widely. Studies made by the Medical Research Council (Great Britain) and by the National Academy of Sciences (United States) were published in 1956 and we refer those interested in the facts to those reports in full. Any attempt to abbreviate them or to quote from them would be However, since both reports are dated in 1956 there is being currently released a statement dated (date to be provided by =e 26 MOL We. GLOONNUWENK a LL BHAKY ~ 7" Biology and Medicine) on radioactive fallout submitted by the Advisory Committee on Biology and Medicine to the United States Atomic Energy Commission, This Advisory Committee is composed of distinguished representatives of the physical and biological sciences affiliated with independent foundations, -5- ile te open to the charge that matter had been removed from context,

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