"UFPetr -2- fall-out that the report de attention: fF fc AO Rp me BiGONPIDENTIAL “CONFIDENTIAL Ds WNae Witeet Ww Mee Me bk i was in the nature of an anti-climax. Other international developments crowded the story from public notably the seizure by anti-Communists of the Rumanian Legation in Switzerland, the U.K. amnouncement of a plan to build twelve atomic power reactors, the U.K. decision to construct the H-Bomb, and the continuing French political crisis. In Japan, a Yokohama fire and Soviet-Japanese talks pre-empted top play in the newspaperse Conclusions and Recommendations 3. Conclusions and recommendatizns based on reported foreign reactions which are under study by the Working Group include: a. Additional U.S. public statements specifically designed to counter unfavorable trends are not required at this time. be The continued deferment of public announcements on nuclear weapons effects necessary for the information of the U.S. public and Congress is net required. This is the question specifically posed by NSC 1320(b). ce. In light of the unsettled nature of foreign public opinion, the manner and timing of release of statements developed under (b) above should continue to be coordinated in the light of overseas climate of opininn factors. Such coordination should alse cover public release of any new data on thermonuclear effects. d. In the event of further U.S. public disclosures concerning the effects of thermonuclear weapons, special consideration should be given to timing the release so that advance notification and guidance can be go furnished to missions abroad, Ref et oe CONFIDENTIAL