APPENDIX "B! DRAFT LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL P. W, CL COMMANDER, JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN at 1. Since the receipt of a copy of ur letter of March 24, 1953 to the Chief of Staff, United States Army, the Commission has considered e desirability of establishing a peraonal mail censorship progr at the roreneeiye test operations at the Pacific Proving Groukds. e. After careful\const Sration of the many factors involved in this problem, the Comm made to the Chief of Sta of self-censorship of course to official ‘Lon concurs with your recommendation, nited States Army, that "The policy gversonal\mail be continued without rensorship, backed up.by an intensified security indoctrination and securi program," In reaching this decision\the Commission has attached considerable have on the education and examination mportance to the effect Morale of personnel assigned censorship program would to the operation, the obvious difficulties of administering a cenacrship program, and the fact/that such a censorship program would\apparently be unique in time of peace, 3. The Commission, however, is mindful of thé pyblicity which appeared in the press following the unfavorable Operation nd trusts that the security education program for Operation CASTLE will be such as to preclude a repetition of the letterwriting incidents. In this latter regard, we believe that close adherence by all Task Force personnel to your propvosed curity regulations which our Division of Security has reviewed will accomplish this objective, - 10 See Conndeior “Ray wemo Nove Bates 3.53 Appendix "B"