Ee ETT meee mn FORM NO, 64 - C Office Memorandum » UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ~ — TO : General Starbird _ THRU: nnaAe? (DATE: 30 Dec 59 ADOT GL ‘ _ Riokes _ Acting Chief, Test Branch wate 2h ie! 7 SUBJECT: PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF EPG PHASE-DOWN a “ne : z ” GS. - eto dea, v gp et -—. mt fat ows soeY 7 “Atdeth Bi Loew censor Butane coc tae 20ETLVR Ta Tur See wen vant EA Wk Reference Colonel. Hood's request received December 29th from General Hertford onthe desirability of. making.a.pyblic statement onthe status of EPG: ~ A. At Tab A is the ALOO-proposed announcement dated Sept. 10, 1959. B. sgattias ive bea: «aces tegardine cus At ‘Tab. B ts DMA’ memo to DIS, dated October 8th which encloses a revised, shorter, version preparedby, Reports and Test which would ‘ have been released October 21st, except that General Loper ,objected toanyrelease on,thissubjectagf{ALOOwas informed. sy | “by memorandum on November ith, Prepared bY Reports Branch.) m4 4. . \ FAQ C. BS > AUTHORS bowole lu t RY Fl. ok = ; —S> . het of cm weg: OFC, tap However, State has | s Therefore, including anything which we want to get out on EPG . i c might also subject. it to dndefinite delay BY98 ‘et WesAPuwe VEN Lupe . At Tab D is an announcement.consisting ofshe, last.3 paragraphs of Tab C with the first sentence changed. ne” it is imparative _ to get something out, this;imay.tbeall.we-phoold BAY. eesure ?& Eegstwe | E, , Test is preparedto coordinateTab,¢ with:gtate.and poD if _you ™ os wa so desire, or to coordinate Tab D with Generalleper only, if ig YOU, desirefousethis shorter release,Pae- | oft _ Attachmentstod palem Cha nond cress-afteres oe Fee . COWBOY-PEACOCK-LOLLIPOP .. : Such, a, combinedxyeleasemight be a ‘Tab A- ALO proposed announcement — a consistently object:d to anyxeleaseog:PEACOCK; andLOLLIPOP. A/(e CONFINED Vo Ln s eget logical way to cover these subjects. 2S 3 i Supt Ue ay “at Tabc‘te‘a combined coverage of test site readiness and (4.2 : WiARtiDs 6 ne - <P6 fa.) TabB - DMA memo to DIS dtd,319/B£59,ane tats aWifercedtieSess | Tab C - Combined proposed release fe Tab D -.Short version, proposed release lish)etsy & sexier ut ” ye Leste wre vlankned, #a cocmnented:byroa ue A ieHane yeport, bo mo docaent this handle From.“enclosures, arate ‘ DISTRIBUTION: SO; .Director, ,then.DMA. File, ing SCIFIER = thresgh cC: Test rdr 14,1 : aneproperadassifcatedeea CC;,Test pend. ;(PFB.rar), rhe,BE. a‘ CCUMENT {TRANSMITTED taf tte) deta Uivem wry low roa|istocwatae WITH CONTAINS CLASSIFIED ENSE INFG:MATION = i pt ae! neRe , MES can. 2

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