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THEPROBLEM
1, To consider the details of a special Chbserver Program
for Operation REDWING which will provide for observation of a
megaton yield shot by U.S. news media and Federal Civil Defense
Administration (FCDA) representatives,
SUMMARY
2, The primary purpose of this observer program is to
provide U.S. news media representatives an opportunity to report
accurately the events associated with a test in order to promcte
public understanding of the necessity for weapons tests and cf
By this means we hope to counter effectiveiy misrepresentations
2soncerning REDWING and to offset attacks on weavons testing
programs such as those which have occurred during the past two
years,
Section 144.b., Atomic Energy Act 1954,
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Sanctions. Handle as Restricted Data in Foreign Dissemination
the safety precautions which are taken in the public interest,
3. A secondary purpose of this special program is to assist
che Federal Civil Defense Administration by providing an oppor-
tunity for FCDA selected civil defense representatives to observe
the events associated with a thermonuclear detonation in order
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