All public information material coming first to DOD will be
submitted for AEC review prior to issuance,
C. ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES
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9. To carry out this Information Plan, there shall be set
up in Washington, as soon as possible, a Joint Test Information
Office headed by a Project Director designated by the AEC and a
Deputy Project Officer designated by the Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Legislation and Public Affairs,
a. The Joint Test Information Office shall he
under the direct supervision of the General Manager
of the AEC and all public information announcements,
after coordination as provided in this Plan,
shall
be issued by this Office through AEC and DOD channels
except as the Commission or the Office of the
Secretary of Defense may direct,
b, The AEC and the Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Legislative and Public Affairs will assign such
additional personnel to the Joint Test Information
Office in Washington as may be required,
10, Members of the AEC Public Information staff and of the
staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense,, Legislative and
Public Affairs shall be assigned to the staff of Commander, JTF,
as Information Advisers.
ll, In order to nave available the material that may be
needed for official issuances:
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a. The Commander, JTF-7, will include in his
operational repcrts the data detailed in Annex "A"
to this Information Plan.
b. The Division of Biology and Medicine, AEC,
Will compile fast readings of fall-out in the U.S.
from reports received from 11 AEC installations
and from 2O U.S, Public Health Service stations
which are cooperating in this project. These
stations will be permitted, upon inquiry, to give
the fall-out readings from day to day,
in accordance
with specific instructions to be drafted by the
Divisions of Biology and Medicine and Information
Services,
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Appendix "B"