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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION - Returned herewith is the letter dated January 12, to the President from Representative W. Sterling Cole, pr( showing to Members of Congressand the press a version(cm no restricted data of a film of the Eniwetok nuclear test~ in the fall of 19 2. I have received tiom the Secretary of State and fi Deputy Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Adminisl letters indicating their belief that such use of the film be helpful. There has been no communication frcm the See] of Defense but I have been informed by telephone that the of Defense will offer no objection &om a security standp( The showing of the film to Members of the Congress w opmon would be desirable. The Public lkformation Di~ of the Commission calls my attention to the fact that to s the film to the press would give rise to difficulties sixx would be a preferential treatment for one of the media of information. We are worlchg toward a proposed general rel which would cover all media, with a target date b mid-Fel Also attached are a draft of a proposed reply to E sentative Cole and a suggested statement to be appended tc letter to be attributed to the President byMr. Cole when film is shown. —
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in the autumn of 1952 be shown to Members of’LCon~ess and accredited members of the Washti@on press corps at a lat~ ~t~he Version of the film to which you ref I- see no objection to showing the film to Med ~~he Atomic Ehergy Commission, the Ilepartmen Defensej and the Federal Civil Defense Administration are working toward the ~possible release of an adapte of this film to the several media of public information s Honorable W. Sterling Cole Joint Committee on Atomic tiergy
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atomic bcznbsused in World War II. The test was _ 1 & prove the theories and calctiations apem w’&ch”t% l&&oge~