DISCUSSION
12, The proposed Information Plan for Operation REDWING
provides for the preparation of more material for official
reporting before and during operations
than for previous
The plan has been deliberately worded so as not to fix
tests.
rigid policies, but to allow flexibility in thehandling of
situations as they may develop.
Successful executicn of this
Plan calls for rapid and skilled coordination among JTP-7,
the AEC, DOD and other government agencies.
13.
The Commissicn and the Orfice of the Secretary of
Defense shall approve all public issuances provided for in
the Information Plan.
14. The specific new information activities planned for
use as deemed necessary,are:
a. Reporting of fallout from the Pacific area and in
the continental United States.
‘bp, Official reporting, particularly concerning the safet:
aspects
of Operation REDWING, during the pre-test and
operational period,
ec.
Post-shot announcements
of detonations with a brief
generalized description of class of yield such as "Kiloton"
or "megaton" range.
However, implementation would depend
on the circumstances in each case,
Necessary notifications
by JTF to halt commercial flights through the Danger Area
constitute notices of some expected detonations.
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