APPENDIX "FF"
DRAFT LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
1. The Commission concurs in the Department of Defense
plans, as mentioned in your letter of February 9, 1956, to
invite ten members (including five Canadian) of the Permanent
Joint Board on Defense, Canada -- United States, and five
observers each from Canada and the United Kingdom to attend
Operation REDWING.
however,
With respect to such foreign observers,
our concurrence is subject to the Department of Defense
and the Atomic Energy Commission agreeing on the shot or shots to
be observed, jointly determining the extent of information to be
imparted under the provisions of Section l44b of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 and the measures to be taken to limit the
dissemination of information to that agreed upon,
2. Accordingly, we request that the Department of Defense
Submit its specific proposals concerning the observation of
tests by, and the transmission of weapons information to
the
foreign observers.
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