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2, Action by OCB on the Manner and Timing of Statements on Nuclear
W eapons.
In accordance with NSC Action 1360, and in response to requests from
the responsible agencies, OCB advigoe was formulated with respect to:
a.
Manner and timing of announcements on the resumption
of nuclear weapons tests at the Pacific Proving
Grounds - Operation REDWING,
b.
Participation of press and foreign observers in
Cperation REDWING,
c.
Announcement of declassification of atomic capability
of &-inch howitzer.
d.
Manner and timing of ODM-DOD-FCDA nationwide readiness
exercise, July 1956.
(OCB Staff Representative)
B.
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF OPERATING PROGRESS IN RELATION TO MAJOR NSC
OBJECTIVES
3. (The Objectives of NISC 5507/2 which are of particular interest to
OCB in the light of its advisory role in ensuring that proposed actions in
the field result In maximm U.S. psychological advantage are:
a.
Using U.S. leadership, particularly in the development and
application of atomic power, to promote cohesion within the free world and
to forestall successful Soviet exploitation of the peaceful uses of atomic
energy to attract the allegiance of the uncommitted peoples of the world,
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b.
Increasing progress in developing and applying the peaceful
uses of atomic energy by the free nations abroad, )
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