d.

The Chairman of the AEC, under NSC 151/1, is res.-nsible for

coordinating programs for the discl+sure of atomic energy information
to friendly countries,

In carrying cut this responsibility he »%perates

threugh various agency channels depending upon the purpose involved.

DISQUSSIONAND CONCLUSIONS
5.

NSC Actions 1045 and 1961, and the AEC letters of 19 February and

1 March 1954, cited above, acknowledge OCB's intcrests in the nuclear energy
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field.

As precedents they suggest that the NSC should instruct the OCB to

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of the FCDA om the tining, and manner 7f presentction of such programs aa
may significantly affect the climate °f opini~n factor which the United
States is seeking to maintain abroad,

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previously cited, logically would includes
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in 151/1, "disclosure of classified information to
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