aw = jue A? ang wit all radiological defense operations conducted at the time of and immediately following atomic attack will be in large measure directly dependent uwnon the extent to which the nublic mey oreviously have been prepered to neet the eventuezlities of such attack. Maximum protection requires sound and thomough »reparction of the entire civil nopulution well in advance of the time of actual attack, aducation of the Public of Paramount Importance, Education of the “ablic in respect to the true potentials and actual limitctions of atomic warfare is the only means by which the civil population may be adequately prepared to meet the eventualities of atomic attack, Prompt development and implementation of such an educaii onal program is a major undertaking of vital tmportance to national security, Objectives of the Tducetional Program, It is generally egrecd that the »sychological aspects of atomic warfare are of maximum military and politicel sienificance, No srevious tyne of werfcare has offered such rich It is, therefore, opportunities to exoloit fear of the unseen and the unknown. obvious that the orimary objective of a vrogram of education of the sutlic in respect to atomic warfare should te to dispel the current unjustified fear of the radiological hazards involved in such warfare and to develop a vhole~ some understandings of and resvect for the sotentials of atomic weavons, Develo-ment of an Zducational Plan a Civil Defense Responsibility, In view of its vital importance to our national security, development of a plan for the education of the public designed adequately to prepare the civil population for the eventualities of atomic attack properly is a primary responsibility of the Office of Civil Defense, Detailed preparation of the plan would be the duty of the Chief of the Training Division, However, the Loe ARCHIVs