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ANNEX
FCDA BUDGET PROPOSAL
(This is written in response to the President's reque st to prepare a budzet proposal for the first step in the init Aation of
the program suggested in the Report of the Panel on t he Human
Effects of Nuclear Weapons Development.
It is a staf f effort,
but has been worked out in conjunction with the Panel
Chairman
who concurs that it is consistent with the spirit of the
Panel's discussion of the program. )
It is recommended that tnis responsibility be assigne
the Executive Office of the President,
reasons:
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for the followhnz
(1)
The effort, to be effective, should have on it t he stamp
(2)
It will be necessary to bring about an effective
of Presidential leadership.
partnership of top-level zovernmental’ and non-governmen pal leaderShip.
Solicitation of such non-zovernmental lea lersnip
will be more likely to succeed if it emanates frpm the
(3)
Governmental participation will need to come from a great
many departments and agencies and will therefore require
coordination from the Executive Office,
The budget requirements for the first steps are modes} +.
The
following is recommended for the first six months (minimal
provision of twice this budget should be inade for fis¢al year
1958):
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a program
of widespread group discussions to involve our people in the
broad issues of national security and lasting peace,
ut stated
that it did not attempt to develop details.
The firs
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menting step, therefore, should be to work out the bapic
details of the progran.
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The Panel in its report (page 14) offered an idea for