APPENDIX "A"
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
1. The Official Observer Program for Operation REDWING is
concerned with key U, S. government officials and certain AEC
and DOD personnel who have a direct interest in and responsibility
for the atomic weapons program, plus a small number of United ©
Kingdom and Canadian nationals whom the DOD plans to invite under
the provisions of U. 8, bilateral defense agreements with these
nations,
2. A program for Official Observers is a necessity
considering the intense interest of high government officials
and key military personnel in the general progress of the atomic
weapons development program, and particularly in the results of
megaton weapon tests.
The REDWING program probably will attract
world-wide attention at a time when considerable pressure is
. being exerted to discontinue atomic weapon tests,
An awareness
of the necessity for and the progress made as a result of development and effects tests is required by certain key governmental
officials, and others who have an immediate interest in the
atomic weapon program,
A limit to the number attending is
required, however, because of limited accommodations at the test
site,
3. Appendix "B" is a proposed list of AEC-invited Official
Observers,
The list, which includes high government officials,
AEC Washington Headquarters personnel, AEC advisors and
contractors, and AEC Operations Offices personnel,
with previous practices.
is in accord
That portion of the list concerned with
high government officials has been coordinated with DOD to avoid
duplicate invitations,
Appendix "C" describes a tentative JTF-7
Appendix "a"