ference, the film will be made available to the public media
at a time and under conditions which will best advance the
“nation's interests in the fields of domestic public information
and foreign information operations.
DOE ARCHIVES
11. The FCDA has in mind proposing a January public release
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when the film would carry a final message from the President
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or Governor Peterson in place of the concluding seashore
Soliloquy of the film's principal narrator in the present ver-
Sion,
The January timing is described by FCDA as necessary in
order to get clearances for andmechanical reproduction of the
new ending.
However, the Division of Information Services
recommends that FCDA be urged,
in order to place the Government
in the most tenable position after the showing to the Mayors,
to make full media public release promptly thereafter,
Informa-
tion Services feels that there will be wide public approval of
releasing the film in recognition of the right of citizens as
well as officials to be acquainted with the unclassified facts
on the atomic weapons phase of the national defense and security.
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