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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
#07516
WASHINGTON
March 28,
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TO:
Mr. Elmer B. Staats, Executive Officer
Operations Coordinating Board
and
The Board Assistants
SUBJECT:
Report of Nuclear Energy Working Group on
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"To advise the Chairman, AM, that if foreign pregs
observers are invited to the tests, special efforts be mage
to provide them with thorough background and other information
to assist them in writing stories favorable to U.S. interests,
Among the suggestions which might be considered are{(1)
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kits and briefing before tests begin, (2) background briefings
for foreign press at Nevada during the tests,|(3) pre-tegt
briefings of Nevada Office of Test Informatich
personnel
political and psychological problems in terms of the foreign
countries whose press observers will visit the test site, |"
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Frederic 0. Bundy
Board Assistant