Nearly 2,000 civil defense exercises wre conducted by cities and States. These involved nearly 2,000,000 civil defense workers and 42,000,000 citizens. Operational Readiness of FCDA. Under its plan for emergency operations, FCDA activated two operating emergency locations and installed emergency communications facilities. FCDA possessed the physical facilities for operating under attack conditions in close coordination with its regions and the States and with other key security agencies of government". (FCDA, 1954 Annual Report, p. 3) During 1952, three Alert America convoys traveled throughout the United States. More than1,100,000 people in 82 cities attended these traveling exhibits which served as a major means of bringing civil defense information to, and increasing public interest and participation among the 67,000,000 residents in the areas visited. (FCDA, 1954 Annual Report, p. 4) Executive Order 10346, April 1952, directs Federal agencies to consult with FCDA on plas for use of their personnel, materials, and facilities in civil defense emergencies. These plans take into consideration the essential military requirements of the Department of Defense from each agency, and the continuity of the agency"s essential functions. (FCDA, 1954 Annual Report, p. 21)