; 4 3 St | MAR 30 1956 Agenda Ttem 8 —other Business (a) | F wie 40 ripales | aee s & 2 ACY 7 Abans s—‘is Discussed further OCB minutes of March 7, 1956 on the question of observer participation in the fortncoming Pacific nuclear tests and agreed to recommend as follows: a. SECRET. i j “e ~3- eeenet aRae Ley on SECRET WUE Ta wee (1) That no foreign press would be invited, (2) Domestic press would be invited to participate on a pooled basis with the number of representatives Limited to: approxiL~ mately 16. (3) The Department of State will arrange, in addition to foreign observers from the U.K. and Canada, for invitations to be issued to one official observer only from each of approximately hh foreign countries with which the U.S. has military agree- ments.» 4 a t E With respect to the foreign officials includedin (3) above, it is understood that these observers would be transported in a separate ship, that they would be invited for the first shot in the test series and that such officials would be expected to pay their own expenses to the port of embarkation, ’ c Re , DECLASSIFIED WITH DELETIONS EO. 12956, SEC. 3.40) \\ a NLE , 4ES t-/0o. By Se NLE DaeQE? fle Mn Me t f Fret» AR Roy M. Melbourne Acting Executive Officer a wot OD Bee F REPOSITORY CE Lain baer A ZZLh coutectonLu3 Kin thal Zibe Schwa] BOX No _F rowen DLA p.9 [,Qtrmice G CHile * 4) (3) Cheenates it { a May (954)

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