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NUCLEAR ANNIVERSARY
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1. ~ Dates
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June 6 "The Fire Unleashed" ABC News - all nuclear issues. /~
July 16 40th anniversary of the atomic explosion; "Trinit y"
NBC Today Show - nuclear weapons.
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CBS report.
Newsweek cover on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
August 6 Hiroshima anniversary.
August 9 Nagasaki anniversary.

2. ~ Issues
Nuclear weapons/arms talks
Nuclear proliferation
SDI
Nuclear power
Safeguards and security
Environment, hea 1th and safety -
a. Defense plants
b. Civilian plants
Waste disposal - defense and civilian
Transportation

3. Themes
Forty years of peace
Defense/national security
Energy security
Basic research
Technological competitiveness
Medicine/health
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4. Decisions
Level of administration involvement - low or high visibility
President or Secretary?
Response to media - benign cooperation; crinfrontation; no cooperation
Interagency task force?
Active promotion of policies
Response to 11
The Fire Unleashed 11
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Today Show - Trinity 11 ; send DOE spokesman?

5. Recommendations
A. Continue cooperation with media
B. Provide spokesmen on case-by-case basis to give administration
viewpoint - but not to elevate visibility
C. Give low-key response to TV shows
( Do not denounce, as White House did 11 The Day After 11 and avoid
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Administration Gearing Up 11 stories)
D. Prepare talking points on critical issues
1.) SDI/Defense DOD
2. ) Arms ta l ks DOS
3.) Production and transportati~n safety DOE
4.) Nuclear waste transpdrtatton and storage DOE
5.) Nuclear power DOE/Industry
E. DOE initiate plan to promote nuclear power