Li. BOX No. a rouver CASTLE 3 409321 mye 50%" a Kajor General 0, \', Clarkson Commander, Joint Task Force Seven washington 25, 0. C. Dear General Clarkson: BEST COPY AVAILABLE Since the receipt of a copy of your letter ef March 2h, 19°35, to the Chief of Staff, United States Army, the Comission has ecnsidered the GVIGVLAHOUS AHL YO Adod at desirability of estab ishing a perscnal mail censorship promram at the forthcoming test everaticns at the Pacific Proving Srounds. | = 2 oe OLanne ifter careful censiveration of the many facters involved in this problem, the Commissicn concurs with your recormendatica, made tc the Chief of Staff, United States Army, that “The policy of self-censorship sof personal mail be contimucd without recourse to official censorship, vacked up by an imbensified security indoctrination and security peducation and exartinaticn prozran." In reaching this decision the has attached considerable inportance to the effoct 2 |Corrdssion | 6g s/f $/2,.% i¢8] censorship program would have on the morale of personnel assigned ele oo to ~! the cperaticn, the obvious difficulties of administering a censerahi program, and t.e6 fast that such 2 cens¢ersiiin procram would aonarently “i be unicue in time of neace, the Corvecission relies woon the Cc suander of Joint Task rerce ceven to @ ronetition j carry on a security prograa of such nature as te preclixce ode "> hg “cS ua fe tof une letter writin: incidems which occucred of ope $3 ct rans v2 at he i =n this latter rerard : we believe that clcec actherenece by ali fask ee ene to your pronpesed security recwations rt which our livision of ‘ Security has reviews Will accomlish this chjective. ; m * = bp Tate wan : the Commission, ofa ccurse, stamis reacy te assist you in any waj possible. ene = me a ~ . Peer Rady iat + a “a - Pa oReh i Domb. ta € “a8 ety be u % Fe Lee .. - - “ aoa ~ 7 ~ vGairman of. . a rd . L@vLS 2. UbTaAUSS... 2, Poo Fo pe ane car OL. denneee ers PPEee ee ee, 3 ! ee a] 1A chy" 4 EC Sarfax oy — ” u see Bm ees eee ee =. hy . _ ee PONER I ee a eee mete & aa . ' one um el a pm a ee a 2 aaoe. “eitoek abisenS. nn eo SU \\ ae Poe vets