d. Order of receipt of application.
Applicants not accepted for the first media observer
shot owing to a limit on numbers will be given preference on
succeeding observer shots until all media applicants possible
have been admitted.
a, Each media representative must submit over the
Signature of his managing editor or publisher for press
or from the station or network manager or supervisor
for radio/TV, a statement certifying that he is the
accredited representative of the organization and is
a U.S. citizen.
b. The invitations to U.S. news media representa-
tives will be made in the form of a public announcement stating the following conditions relating to
(1) Media representatives will provide their
own housing in the Las Vegas area and their own
transportation to and from Mercury Gate. AEC
buses or buses chartered at media expense, will
‘ transport them from the gate to the Test Site
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SECURITY OF INFORMATION
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information or information declassi-
fied under the provisions of the appropriate Classification Quides
will be made available in any form.
Types of information to be
issued include formal announcements released by Office of Test
Information, interviews, "off-the-record" backgrounding and other
guidance to uncleared persons in any form by an AEC, DOD, or FCDA
individual or an organization.
OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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(3) Security and Safety regulations will be
furnished each media representative and he will
be required, prior to admission to the site, to