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Cn behalf of the Departeent of Defense and the Atcale Enarpy
Comtission, I an inviting your agenoy to select a Liaitead
nuaber of civil delanse participants to ebseerva a nuclear
dstonation schaduled fer about Hay 1, 1966, at tha Casmission's
Eniwetek Proving Groursl.
This invitation is for tho purpose of affording representativas
chogen by your asency from regional, state or setropelitan
civil defense organisations an opportunity to observe the avents
assotlated with exploaion of a aagaton yield nuclear device, in
order that they say be better orientated with regpact toot
eivil
dafensa problexs and objectives. Background uriefings,
tows, insofar es feasible, ofsone parte of the er
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instellations will provide a plature of the complexity of en
overeeas weapons test and the aany safety measures taken in the
public interest, ag well ae on appreciation of the erent fros a
civil dafanse viewpoint.
The total munber of Federal Civil Defensa Administration-
selected civil defensa representatives is limited to twanty
persons, These special cbhservers would proceed to Honolulu,
Hawaii, at their oun expense, to arrive not ister than April 23,
1956.
There, they would join a group of selectod news madia
representatives, proceeding tagether via Government. trer
tion te the Proving Ground (and return to Hawali by the sams mean).
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