407780
“We STERLING COLE, N. YCHAIRMAN
CARL HINSHAW, CALIF.
JAMES E. YAN ZANDT, PA.
JAMES T. PATTERSON, CONN.
THOMAS A. JENKINS, OHIO
BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER. IOWA
VICE CHAIRMAN
EUGENE D, MILLIKIN, COLG,
WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, CALIF.
JOHN W. BRICKER, OHIO
GUY CORDON, OREG.
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, GA.
EDWIN C. JOHNSON, COLG.
CLINTON FP. ANDERSON, N. MEX.
itz O. PASTORE, R. I:
Congress of the Anited States
CARL. T. DURHAM, N. ¢,
CHET HOLIFIELD, CALIF.
MELVIN PRICE, [LL
PAUL J. KILDAY, TEX.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY
(CREATED PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 585, 79TH CONGRESS)
CORBIN C. ALLARDICE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Hpi TE HOU 3
January 12, 1954
ual {3
S a ie ory
CEIVEO
Dear Mr. President:
RECEIVED
N 1954
1 ® CARDED
As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic En
am exploring in collaboration with the Atomic Energy Co
and the Federal Civil Defense Administration the possib
showing to all members of Congress the "Official Use Onl
of the film describing Operation IVY, the Eniwetok nucle
of the fall of 1952. The Atomic Energy Commission has
assured me that the film contains no information the rev
of which would be prejudicial to the common defense and
We, of course, wish to be sure that showing thi
at this time, and in this manner, would not be inharmoni
the over~all objectives of our national policy toward th
semination of atomic information, and we perticularly wi
be assured that exhibition of this film before Congress
consequent attention that would be drawn to it would not
dice the reception which has been accorded your historic
on December § before the United Nations, Additionally, if
is my
Conceivably, such a statement could relate Operation IVY
the broad issues confronting the peoples of the world as
sult of the harnessing of nuclear energy for military and
peacetime applications.
I am confident that any statement you might see fit
to make would be earnestly received by the members of the
Congress.
Sincerely yours,
Sterling Cole
Chairman
The President
The White House
\
wee pe
_
.
oe
:
*‘
—
—
See
+
Top othe a Bee ey
ee
EN OM ar Fe le
HU
ea,
SO ee at DO rp ot ep ee ag Te ee
,
— ee
a
=e
re i
eet
Oe
+
-
=i owe
:
TTR