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Weekly Activit
Report 5/6/57
47 NATIONS INVITED TO SDD iMLITARY, CIVIL
DEFTISE AND US iEDIA OBS'RVTRS TO SHOTS OF THE
1957 MVADA TEST SERIES
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Observers from the militarysarvicos eniée tho civil defense
zations of 47 nations have been invited by the appropriate Mnited St2
Government agencies to witness specified nuclear detonations in the
PLULBBOB test series scheduled to begin iy 15 at the Nevada Test Site
of the Mnited States Atomic Energy Commission,
All tests in this series,
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which is of importance to the defense of the Free World, will be of law
yield fission devices,
2.
The civil defense representatior will come, at the invitation of
the Federal Civil Defense Administration, from the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization nations and Sweden.
The Federal Civil Defense Administrafion
maintains cooperative relationships in civil defense development and i }a
formation exchange with these countries.
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The military observers will be Cesignated by the nations invi bed
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the Department of Defonse, which include members of the North Atlan Dic
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Treaty Organization, the Southcast Asia Treaty Organization, the Inter.
Amcrican Defense Board, the Permanent Joint Board of Defense (Canada-U Soe
end the Baghdad Pact.
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nato newS mecia reporters to rcport at least one of the 9 shots of She series
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Besides sending military observers, Canaca will provide ficld
military units which will tcle part in the military phases of the test series.
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