mo as OPERATIONS COORDINATING BOARD Washington ne00a {7200 bh19(4 [47 411238 | Februar y 19, 1954 MEMORANDUM TOR: The Honorable Robert Cutler Special Assistant to the President[+ SUBJECT: set Operation Ivy Film of Thi demuoe ww: DE cy: —l—t The DB ioe Coordinating Board, at its meeting of February 17, 1954, expressed the view that the public showing of the Operation tyy film should be deferred and that the timing should be decided in the light of the report of the Secretary of State after he returns from the Berlin Conference, The Board further agreed that there is little to be gained by attempting to further revise the film with the view of in~serting material on the constructive peace-time uses of atomic energy. It took cognizance of the fact that Soviet propa~ ganda will probably play up this film abroad as evidence of U. S. waremongering and as support for the Soviet proposal to outlaw atomic weapons, and agreed that the OCB should develop in advance an information program to counter such a line of propaganda in the event it is decided to show the film pub- licly. REPOSITORY Cobb, fap coutection LG Jab /s/ ELMER B. STAATS Si- S¥ denuke, Elmer B. Staats & Executive Officer -93- 2/0) Box No, (AWS— Se rouoen MGA “7 of ‘ia We ens | Reg DUILORAY: ¢ AES e oo a — ou Cavin AEC 6 EYE? AshlO i bess 0 Taree aSuohiecous [ie Y327woacetrerewproesy eat tte /eCT-O-6 tate at . ote .