Mer th 3, us53 408975 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 onmeasinen ta. fa ro.en ALA “J 7 repostrony VAZA CAbese COLLectionA 6 326 39/- $9 devs 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, rey va ree : _— a Oe fiLU LY OF Ved, aOR a yO . pe elas aie Ghorsssrh9 | ts a . i We rrraias PENA woe ottae te me 7 Pure Thomas i. Currey’ a Commissioner ytd tbnes oc to Commissioner Smyth se Zuckert ~ CONFIRMED>TO. UNCLASSIFIED BY AUTHORITY OF DOE/ a BEST COPY AVAILABLE . .