[Military Report]: Psychological Warfare Operations On Exercise Snow Fall - Technical Memorandum ORO-T-188 Mountain, Maurice J. (Barton Whaley) Ephemera

Military report. Small quarto. viii, 63pp. Bound with metal tabs under printed card covers. Covers moderately worn and soiled, front cover with a few pinholes along the top, text clean throughout, very good or better. Copy number 131 of 250. "Property of SORO" crossed out on the front front cover, with "Whaley" written above in red ink. Likely Barton Whaley's copy. Whaley served with the intelligence section of the U.S. Army Psychological Warfare Center, was later affiliated with the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and worked for the Foreign Denial and Deception Committee. "The purpose of this report is to describe and evaluate the Psychological Warfare aspects of Exercise Snow Fall, the joint Army-Air Force maneuver conducted at Camp Drum, N.Y., from 9 February 1952, to 15 February 1952." Operation Snow Fall saw the Army test its battlefield tactics in a nuclear environment for the first time, following the detonation of a simulated nuclear blast on post. Included at the back of the report are seven tipped-in sample leaflets produced by 2d Loudspeaker & Leaflet Company, Fort Riley, Kansas. The leaflets encourage the "Aggressor" to surrender, offering safety and comfort in return. *OCLC* locates just 3 copies.