> real or fake USSR. announcement.of its own thermo-_
ee
- nuclear tests beforethe first IVY shot, be as followsé. |
(1). Inthe period before the firstdetonation!”
(a) In the late Summer make 2 terse
announcement hy the Department. of Defense andthe AEC. stating that Joint Task Force 132
will conduct a series of weapons developmental
tests in the sutumn months of 1952 (Appendix A).
{b)
Make no other announcement heving .
any possible relation to the tests during this
oericd unless it appears strongly likely that
Soviet propagandistswill make their own enneuncement and interpretation regarding the
tests.
(c)
In the case that it does eppear
likely that Sovict propaganda will spcak ont
on the subject, make our own announcement,
putting the fact of tho tests in the light
which offers the best promise of undercutting ©
the effects of the prohahle Soviet propaganda
announcement.
_. (da) In thecase that without advance
knowledge on our part
a Sovict propaganda—
attack on the tests is wileashed, what the
United States should say can he determined
with finality only at the time and in the
light of the nature and circumstances of such
Soviet attack. The Panel.should continue to
give consideration to this contingency.
(2)
In the poriod after the first detonation:
(a)
In the case that visible or otherwise
detectable phenonena have hecome widely known
and news storics and comment of a spcculative
sort are being published, issue a statement
hy the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
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