[2] This coincided with the January 1953 report of the State Department Panel of Consultants on Disarmament, which recommended that the U.S. government practice less secrecy and more honesty towards the American people about these realities.
[3] In addition, Eisenhower needed U.S. public support on the great expenditure going to the government's nuclear arms race against the USSR.
Furthermore, by giving enough details regarding the huge arsenal of U.S. atomic weapons, Eisenhower and his administration hoped to deter the government in USSR and to reassure friendly nations of their security.
[4] Project Candor was planned to be a series of 6-minute, nationwide Radio-TV talks introduced and concluded by the President, entitled: "The Age of Peril"[5] During these talks prominent political figures (for instance Eisenhower himself) and government officials would discuss topics such as: "The nature of Communism", "The threat to the United States" and "Communism at home".
Eisenhower's response revealed a somewhat idealistic approach to the project by claiming that a free government requires a well-informed public.