a traffic which mst be handled by these facilities, individual members and functional components of the local radiological defense organization should be required to adhere to the following communication procedures: fransmissionsof all types must be kept to an absolute minimum, In the main, radiological defense messages should be confined to issuance of directions and revorting of essential digests of information concerning the radiological situation, Radiological defense personnel should not undertake personally to operate (that is, call or talk over) either police or fire radio communication facilities, Instead they should write out, in the briefest possible form embodying absolute clarity of meaning, any and all messages which require transmission, These would be turned over to the police and fire communications operators for transmission in accordance with approved procedures and established priority schedules, As soon after attack as operational »rocedures permit, available televhonic communication service should be utilized in order to reduce traffic on the radio systems, As a generel rule, direct lines to the local civil defense aperational headquarters would be available at regular or emergency police or fire stations and sub—headquarters, Special Radiological Defense Communications Code, Serious consider-tion should be given the desirability of developing a simple, standardized communication code for use in radiological defense operations. brevity of operstional messages, Such a code would allow for It would also provide the aecurity essential in transmission of technical information. PREPARATION OF THE -UBLIC BSSENTIAL TO EFFECTIVE RADIOLOGICAL DEFINSS Moximum Protection Requires Thorough Public Prevarction, The efrectiveness TOM ARCHIV=