C ferme e Office Memorandum TO Mr. E, B. Staats FROM Richard Hirsch @ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DATE: Dec. 27, 1954 eng,Zi ( *. é/ “gent SUBJECT: Morse Salisbury of the AEC invited my attention to the attached article by C. L, Sulzberger, from Paris, which appeared in the New York Times on Christmas morning, entitled "A Thermonuclear Christmas and the Strategy of Terror", with particular reference to paragraph three and the need to counteract Soviet propaganda with respect to the ultra —destructive effects of these weapons. The AEC General Advisory Council, headed by Dr, Rabi, has reviewed the proposed AEC statement on effects of thermonuclear weapons, and has suggested certain revisions which are now being processed hy the AEC staff. Undoubtedly we will be hearing further about this at an early date. Attachment: Fe REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHTD. EISENHOWER LIBRARY em me Clipping. OCB/SPS:RHirsch: CBA

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