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PROCEDURES WITHRESPECT TO A PRESIDENTIAL
DED © iE sTORID EARS
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Jone Ll, 1922 stuty, outlining procedures wl
ident my most effectively obtain advice vhen he is
decide on the use of atamis weapons, which reached the following con-
clusions approved by the Special Committees of the Mat
~ Council on Atomic Energyt * Be
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Seourity
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tn making any decision r
use of atomic
weapons, it is considered that the President will want, et
minimm, the views ofthe following offic
a‘the2Joint Chiefs of Statt .
@- The Ghairaan of the gtomle Energy Commission
2. Any recommendation to the President jregarding the .
use of atomic weapons by the irmed Bervices should initially be mide by, or be Yeferred te, the Joint Chiefs of Statf
in view oftheir "*gtatutery responsibility | the prinetpal
military advisers to the President, the Hatdar
Security
Council, and the Secretary of Defense." In presenting
their views the Joint Ghists of Staff shoulds
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a- Set forththe factars ‘that were
account fn arriving at itsrecommendation
b.
aken into
Identity, tn general terms, ‘the intended em-
Ploynent of the weapons. L
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3. Before the President mikes a tinal dec sion, in
order to provide him with a means for obtaining a full
exposition of the factars involved from the officials
listed in 1. above and in view of the stat
ory responsi-
convened to ssasidersay recommendation by
tha Joint
Chiefs of Staff regarding the use of atomic
waapons.
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