_ ae There will be established an Office of Test Information (to be located in Las Vegas during the operational period) to assure advance co- ordination of the content, timing and issuance of public information originated by any participating agency or organization and related to any phase of the test series, This office will be responsible for appropriate coordination and will be the sole issuing agency for all such information. The Office of Test Information will be organized as follows: a, A Director (AEC staff member) appointed by and responsible to the Test Managers; (in the event of absence of the Director, an AEC staff member will be designated as Acting Director. ) b, A Deputy Director fcr Information on Military Operations responsible to the Director, Office of Test Information. In addition to his duties as Deputy, the Deputy Director will coordinate the review and issuance of all jnformational material, including interviews and backgrounding discussions with correspondents, related to those phases of the test activities of a military nature not directly concerned with the AEC!s weapons development and testing progran, ce, Other assistants and staff members may be requested from participating agencies by the Test Manager as necessary, d. The participating Jaboratories, Department of Defense, and Federal Civil Defense Administration will provide on temporary assignment to the Test Manager for duty with the Test Information Office such public information personnel as are needed to carry out objectives of the Test Information Office, 2. The Test Manager may authorize the Office of Test Information to communicate directly with the Division of Information Services, AEC, anc the Office of Public Information, DOD, and with ficld wits of all participating agencies and organizations, a» the Office of Test Information will, on a continuing basis, inform the Test Manager, the Washington Division of Information Services, AEC, and the Office of Public Informa- tion, DOD, of day to day developments in test information activities, OFFICIAL USE ONLY ~e E} vO Te 1, im _ORGANTZAT ION ea ee tl ats gt ap nS Aen aeAes, Roe C. Psi 4. The Department of Defense and FCDA will be responsible fer submitting to the Commission for approval public information plans for reporting their participation and for furnishing personnel as required to an Office of Test Information for carrying out informational functions within the policies established for the tests, ee OFFICIAL USE ONLY CSWa See aeGEIL be i nie } Re eenaee ° eee pe ZO