SESSIONiI 67 FREMONT-SMITH: Thatis holy. We can do so anywhere except in radiation. That is part of our religion, We are the radiation people and we don't make mistakes in radiation! LANGHAM: The Air Force every now and then hits a section of apartment houses in an airplane crash. Does that ever get the publicity that this did, and why do we have to worry so much about the American image when I think this country can afford to admit an occasional mistake and not particularly lose face? Wet, I know what Merrilis saying is indeed true, and I maintain that what he went through, what the government went through, is indeed true, The question is what's the psychology behind this type of thinking? Why do we feel this much emphasis is necessary when radioactivity is involved? FREMONT-SMITH: I'm not sure that we did very much better in Spain. We'll come to that later, Maybe there is a tradition here of making this kind of mistake between governments! [Laughter] LANGHAM: It doesn't make sense. FREMONT-SMITH: I think past history~and I'm afraid the future history— removes the incredible... LANGHAM: How many accidents have we had in foreign countries before in which the President of the United States felt obligated to make a statement? MILLET: It's an evidence of power in part. FREMONT-SMITH: Yes. MILLET: Why? Why is radiation unusual in this case” AN LANGHAM: What about Vietnam? LANGHAM: Vietnam is a different thing. Let's look at something that's comparable, Wasn't it not so long ago—well, a few years ago —a military plane on takeoff plowed through an inhabited area in Germany and kilhed several people? Chuck did mention panic developing in Japan at the time. LANGHAM: Why panic over radiation? That I don't understand, be. UPTON: