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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON, 15 September 195)
ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES
Requests for Data Obtained From Nuclear Weapons Tests
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1. Purpose and Scope, This Regulation announces the procedure for
handling requests from the Federal Civil [efense Administration (FCDA)] and
other civil and governmental agencies for data obtained from nuclebr

tests and supporting research projects.

personnel possessing such information.

It applies to all Air Forke

weapons

2, Responsible Agency. The Armed Forces Special Weapons Project [AFSWP)
is the Department of Defense agency designated to furnish to the FE@DA data
obtained from nuclear weapons tests and supporting projects.
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Processing Requests.

Requests for information on nuclear weapqdns test

results and supporting research projects will be handled as follo

ae Request from FCDA will be forwarded to the Chief, Armed Forces

Special Weapons Project, Washington 25, D.C.,for action,
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Requests from other civil and governmental agencies for civil

defense purposes will be referred to FCDA for action.

¢. Requests from other civil and governmental agencies in the Field
for other than civil defense purposes will be declined with a propopal
that the request be referred to the requesting agency's national hefRdquarters.

This arrangement will insure transmittal of the latest, most akcurate

information to FCDA and other agencies, and at the same time will pfevent
inadvertent release of information which is contrary to the best inferests
of the Department of Defense.

SAN BRUYO FRC

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCEs
OFFICIAL:
K. E. THIEBAUD

Colonel, USAF

N. F. TWINING
Chief of Staff, United States Air
Force

Air Adjutant General
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