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tiv it is the case thet no agency of the Jovernment is now specifically
charged with planning a program of domestic public information and foreign
volicy actions called for ly the "Mike" shot, { recommend that a letter of
the followin: kind be sent to the President:
shot.
Howeve:, the value of this silence technique was largely
lost owkny to security failures wienoreed a delibezately
uabivuous official announcement of successful thermonuclear
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vetoere the “ike shot of Last hovemver the Uovernuent
upon the recommenaation of the Psycholoyical Otratery Beard
adopted a policy of "silence" as to the results of the "Mike"
In his final tate of the Union speech foimer President
Truman was only dissuaded from going into some details of the
weapons implications of "Mike" shot ty the position that this
matter was of such. importance as to deserve close study by
the lncomin;: ‘dministretion,
ve believe that in addition to the pessitle psychological
warfare capital to be made out of the successful "Mike" shot
much remains to Le done in educatin; the American public as to
the: suvaa 2S and disadvantaes to the Netten which arose as
a result. of this test.
If no azency has |een specifically charged with planning
a pro,;ranu ‘or the domestic public infoimation and foreign
policy aspects of the "ike" shot, we recommend that a panel
be estallished to develop such a program, witn representation
frou ihe tepartrents of obave end Defense, the Atomic Energy
Jomnission, uit, anu with participation uy such other a:encies
or consuliants as apy ce appropriate,
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