i me ee ea - ’ 7 3 . Ca 4 he i ~ n RF ew : . a ue ew . A + 1 PROCEDURES WITHRESPECT TO A PRESIDENTIAL DED © iE sTORID EARS * _ 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 | yn OR te ae oe i. Seourity - 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 | 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 : 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. - _,. UNCLASSIF mense s