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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE DURHAM - OPERATION IVY Note by the Secretary The attached letter to Representative Carl T. Durham is circulated for the information of the Commission.
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LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE DURHAM - OPERATION IVY—.—— 1, The Commission believes that the letters from nmmbers of the Joint Task Force appearl.ng In several newspapers have violated Lhe pr,.~visionsof the security regulatlGn3 of the Task Force and possibly t!~eAtomic Energy Act. Task Force, DOD, and FBI. This material contains ~nformati.o= affecting the national de~er.se nf the United States within the SeC. 793 and 794, Lhe transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthor:.zed person
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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Honorable Carl T. Durhlm Joint C~mmittee on Atomic Energy Congress of the UnLted States As our Division of Security orally advised Nr. Frank Cotter of the Joint Committee staff orIMonday, November 10, 1(752, the Commis sion believes that the letters from members UC the Jcint Task Force at Eniwetok which have been published in various newspapers afid broadcast by ra.djo have violated the sec))rity regulations Ofl the Task Furce and possibly the Since the appearance Iof the first letter in the LOS Angeles Examiner Jf November ~, we have been following all the lines CC inve~,t;g~t”~n available to us through the Task F~ce, the Department ‘i”Defense, and the Federal Bureau of S,; far the identity of ,Inewriter whose name was not given ‘.nthe news disp~tch carrying his letter has been ~?tablished by the Department of the Navy, and a statement obts{.ncd from h:.m. our information at present is that he was Ir;efed c,n security reqtiirements surrounding the tests, and Th? investigation: are continuing. We are determined t Set to the bcttom of any instances which appear to constj.tute breaches of security. Mr. Cotter is being supplted witn finding?, as they bc~ome available. We will, of course, provide the Committee w~th a summary of the facts revealed and of final actions taken.