11, In the event the Commission desires to require the
censorship of personal communications at the forthcoming
Eniwetok tests,

it could be imposed under authority of Armed

Forces Censorship Regulations which have been issued by the DOD
and promulgated as an official regulation for each of the Armed
Forces,

These regulations which specifically state that Armed

Forces Censorship will not be established in time of peace un-

less directed by the President or the Secretary of Defense
provide authority for ".

.

.

censorship over the personal com-

munications of those persons serving with or accompanying the

Armed Forces of the United States."

It is the view of the

Office of General Counsel, based upon informal discussions with
representatives of the Army Judge Advocate General,

that Atomic

Energy Commission and Atomic Energy Commission contractor personnel could be regarded as ".

,

.

serving with or accompanying

the Armed Forces of the United States... " 80 as to make the
Armed Forces Censorship Regulations applicable to them if it

were determined that censorship should be instituted and the
President or the Secretary of Defense invoked the regulations,

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