yield shots, and a dual firing capability (one in Bikini area
and one in Eniwetok area),
6. AEC 787/17 contains the DOD-approved Official Observer
Programfor Operation REDWING, which was prepared by the CJTF-7
and approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff with a modification to
provide a total of 110 spaces, in lieu of the 100 spaces initially
recommended,
The DOD-approved program, which is forwarded to the
AEC for concurrence and/or comment,
provides for 50 AEC spaces,
50 DOD spaces, and 10 spaces for members of the Joint Permanent
Defense Board, Canada -- United States, who are listed in
Appendix "D",.
Five of these members are Canadians.
The program
also specifies that 10 of the DOD spaces will be reserved for 5
United Kingdom and 5 Canadian observers, making a total of
fifteen foreign observers scheduled to participate in Operation
REDWING,
7. The JTF-7 program providing for a total of 100 observer
spaces was prepared prior to the addition of the Bassoon Prime
shot to the REDWING series,
Likewise the JCS action did not take
into consideration this additional shot.
Informal information
from the Joint Task Force indicates that they are now planning
on the basis of six megaton shots and a total of 120 observer
‘spaces.
Therefore,
the Joint Task Force is agreeable to an
allocation of 60 observer spaces to AEC.
It is not anticipated
that any difficulties will arise with the DOD since an allocation
of 60 spaces to DOD may increase their present allocation by 10,
8. There are three other aspects of the DOD approved
program which should be specially considered.
One is the five
day limitation placed on the stay of each observer group in the
PPG.
Another 1s the inclusion of foreign observers in the
program.
And the third is the statement that no representatives
of the press or public information service be in attendance,
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