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APPENDIX "A"
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THR PRESIDENT
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON
September 17,
1952
MEMORANDUM FOR:
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
SUBJECT:
Psychological Exploitation of Certain
Thermonuclear Developments
Based upon agreement by your designated representatives, the |
Psychological Strategy Board created an Ad Hoc Panel "L" to
formulate a policy for the political and psychological exploita-~
tion in the United States national interest of thermonuclear
developments, both United States and Soviet. The first report
of this Panel, dated August 19, 1952, copies of which have
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previously been distributed to your departments and agencies, was
considered by the Psychological Strategy Board on August 28, 1958 «
The action of the Psychological strategy Board consisted
of the following decisions: —
a. Issue Annex "A" to Appendix "A", as attached ©
hereto, at an early date (this office is advised
that this Annex as subsequently made public did not
contain the sentence reading "no further statement
will be issued prior to the tests").
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b. Annex "B", as attached hereto, shall not,
repeat not, be issued unless it be decided by the
AEC and Defense Representatives that detectable
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phenomena have become widely known and news stories
and comment of a speculative sort are being pubiished.
Only in the event that it is decided by the two
Representatives that the statement is necessary should
the Annex, as attached hereto, be issued,
c, At the conclusion of the tests, issue Annex "¢",
as attached hereto.
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d,. There will be no press conferencecovering the
tests.
e, Ad Hoc Panel "L" will be thanked for its work
and be dismissed,
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Appendix "4"
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f, Other than the action listed in a, b and c above,
any psychological exploitation of thermonucleardevelopments will be the responsibility of the Special
Committee of the National Security Council on Atomic
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