DOD be informed that AEC concurrence in the foreign observer
participation in the program proposed will be subject to joint
agreement of the shot or shots to be observed, joint determination
as to the information to be imparted under the provisions of
Section l44b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and the measures’
to be taken to limit the dissemination of information to that
agreed upon.
ll. Due to world-wide public attention on the tests and
persistent demands that tests be discontinued, it is felt that
public information service representatives of AEC and DOD will
be needed throughout the series,
The question of news media
representations is being dealt with separately.
12, All official observers will have "Q" clearances or
other appropriate clearance,
Security briefings for all observers
will be conducted by the CJTF-7.
Each observer will be required
to indicate his understanding of his security responsibilities
by signing a Certificate of Security Responsibility.
The general
priefing for observers will be restricted to information within
the following scope:
weapon effects,
size, weight, shape, kind
of material used, general description of method of operation of
weapon and yield.
Specifically excluded will be information
revealing the theory of TN design and specific amounts of
fissionable and thermonuclear material involved.
Less restrictive
briefings for selected observers may be arranged by the CJTF-7 as
appropriate and in accordance with guidance furnished by DMA,
The access which will be afforded foreign observers must be
determined by joint agreement of the AEC and DOD.
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