APPENDIX "B"
JOINT ABC-DOD OPERATION REDWING
ENFORMATION PLAN
A. PURPOSE
1. Consistent with national policy and security requirements of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the Department
of Defense, to establish policies and procedures for the compila-~
tion,
control,
review and issuance of public information related
to Operation REDWING at the Commission's Pacific Proving Ground
scheduled to begin about May 1, 1956,
2, These policies and procedures, based on previous tests
and events and public reaction which occurred during and after
Operation CASTLE in 1954, are designed:
a. To prepare for public issuance as much
information as may be necessary to retain and
improve public support in the United States for
nuclear test activities and to offset unfavorable
developments elsewhere that may arise in connection
With Operation REDWING,
radiation effects,
especially as related to:
b. To provide for swift action to issue official
factual reports on emergencies,
should any arise,
when such action is necessary to dispel rumor
or speculation harmful to the success of the operation
or the interests of the United States.
c. To establish in the AEC Division of Biology
and Medicine a system for fast compilation in
Washington for public release, if needed, of fall-out
data in the Pacific area and, in cooperation with
the United States Fublic Health Service, in the
United States.
3, Lf an uncleared observer project is approved, a special
public information plan will govern its information activities.
B. RESPONSIBILITY
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4, The responsibility for the preparation and issuance of
all public information materials of Operation REDWING rests with
the
U,S,
Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense.
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