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BOX No.
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Dear Mr. Durham:
This is with further reference to our discussion by telephone
yesterday concerning the public information on the forthcoming
IVY series of tests at Eniewtok Atoll.
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After tnorough consideration of all the circumstances involved,
including the international relations of the United States, it
is the consensus in the Executive Branch that there should be
no public mention or discussion of the test with uncleared
persons before the detonations, save for the brief announcement
which was issued by the Department of Defense and the Atomic
Energy Commission on September 9. Copies of this announcement
were furnished to the Joint Committee on the day of release.
It is also the consensus that the public statements following
the test should be quite terse and contain no details or intimations regarding the character or the specific results of the tests.
All executive agencies involved are adhering to this policy, and
unless circumstances arise that are different from those now
foreseen there will be nothing more publicly issued on the IVY
series by the Department of Defense, the Atomic Energy Commission,
or any other Executive agency until the conclusion of the series.
It will be appreciated if you will convey this information, along
with our request that they follow the same policy, to the members
of the voint Committee on Atomic Energy. The reasons for adopting
the policy have been summarized in a report adopted by the
Psychological Strategy Board,
a copy of which is enclosed.
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