a 7 1 ee deren ae ern ate ‘Civil Defense Liaison Branch Civildefense legislation, - OnDecember 8, at the request of|the Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee. on proposed -cit defense legislation, the Director of .the Division of Biology ‘and Me testified on the pending bill. His statement has beencirculated f the information of the Commission on AEC 171/15 dated December 18, 195 Subject to-a request to the Chairman, AKC, by Representative Whittington, Chairman of the House Public Works Committee, the Direfttor of Biology and Medicine and the Acting Chief, Civil Defense Liaisoy Branch, met with Dr. Whittington and Representative Dondero to discuss effaets of atomic weapons relative to pending legislation for dispersal of Federal agencies. Shelters for AEC facilities. Major AEC installations have Geen 're- quested through the operating program divisions to furnish “flash"festi- mates of the costs involved in providing adequate shelters for the populations, assuming enemy air attacks with atomic as well as other tfpes of weapons, and Warning systems capable of transmitting signais of sukh attacks to the populations involved. To assist in formulation of these estimates tentative desi criteria for communal type shelters and rough sketches of sugges type shelters were furnished as guides. family- Design criteria for Savannah River plant. The Acting Chieff, Civil Defense Liaison Branch, spent a major portion of his time during e month working with representatives of the Division of Production, [the Department of Defense, and the du Pont Company in determining design criteria for the new Savannah River plant. Review of public shelter pians. The Commission has informgd the NSRB that it will examine for safety factors, if subject to atomif bomb attack, the plans for theBoston Common underground garage and plhns for Review of White House plans. Plans for construction pro the Architect of the White House. Federal Civil Defense Administration--NSRB briefing sessi Arrangements were made by the Branch for a briefing session by FQDA and NSRB personnel with AEC staff members to discuss civil defense adtivities related to the three AEC communities. At the meeting the proces of desig- nation of so-called critical target areas throughout the countryJwas explained and the factors determining such designation were outlin#d. State maps showing critical areas for the states containing the ARC cofmunities and states adjacent thereto were provided and have been transmitfed to the communities. ™OE ARCHIVES ~