presents a difficult,
if not
Safed
(VL‘d (CR
Tent? is a
insurmountable problem.
Conversely,
effective security control way be expected to so limit their
participation and observation as to nullify in large part the
t
purposes
lé.
of their presence.
On the other hand,
there is coimnplete agreement tnat
participation as may be required in atomic tests by both FCDA
and military personnel on relatively large scales is desirable.
13. Aa corollary problem is the attendance of press and other
news media representatives.
are present at a test.
If large numbers of uncleared people
exclusion of
the pres Ss is not feasible.
Press attendance under strict censorsnip is certainly undesirable
in the view of the news media,
yet Commission interests may require
either some degree of censorship or control of releases or a4 very
definite restriction on movements of news representatives.
Lt, ABC HYG/1O presented for information Qa memorandum from
Mr, Carroll L. Tyler, Manager, SFO, who is responsible to the
Commission for the BUSTER-JANGLE operation this fall.
Mr. Tyler
strongly recommends 2a re-sxamination of the whole philosophy of
conducting tests not primarily connected with the weapons development Program,
effects,
but whose primary objective is
ecivildefense, military maneuvers,
that the Commission discuss with the De
and
rather connected with
ete.
He recommends
tment of Defense, FCD&,
internally with the Division of Biology and Medicine,
the
advisability of setting up special tests designed to serve the
purposes mentioned above.
iS.
It does nob appear to the Division of Military Application
that the effects mission can or should be completely divorced
either operationally or scicntifically from the development mission.
it would appear desirable to have combined
Pog.
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In the first place,
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