SECRET: Se.” the OCB Staff Representative would circulate a revised draft to the Working Group for final review before subuission to the Executive Officer of OCB. Discussion brought out the following point not previously covered: Effect of U.S. Announcements of Soviet Weapons Tests. —— At the suggestion of the Chairman, the Working Group members can- cerned (state, USIA) ugrecd to ottain the facts with respect to domestic and overseas reaction to past U.S. announcenents of Soviet weapons tests together with reactions to announcements of comperable U.S. weanons tests, It was the sense of the Working Group that the wanner and timing of recent U.S. announcements on Soviet tests had not achleved widespread public attention. It was felt that the policy of restricting announcements of Soviet tests to a mere nention of their occurrence without cescriptive detail of any kind was mitigating against widespread public interest. It was reco:nized that for effective overseas news play, sufficient lead time should be provided for guidance to be given to news wedia in advance of ‘any U.S. announcement on this subject. 4. Next Meeting The next meeting will be held at the call of the Chairman. /3/ Richard Hirsch OCB Staff Represent:tive ~2- poe os. SECRET yy 4 . . . . a OR nee eee