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U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
TWIX UNIT
INCOMING TELETYPE
1958 . APR 3 AM 5 45
DA CRYPTO PASSES SECRET DTG 0300052
RESDAT FROM CJTF SEVEN ENIWETOK MI TO USAEC GERMANTOWN MD,
COFS USAF WASHDC INFO CINCPACFLT,
WE HAVE COMPLETED AN INITIAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF ATOLLS WITHIN HAZARD AREA OF TEAK AT
NIGHT AND FULL SEARCH OF WATER AREA INVOLVED.
NO SHIPPING
SIGHTED OTHER THAN INTERATOLL NATIVE CRAFT AND TRUST TERRITORY
VESSELS,
AERIAL SURVEY CONFIRMS ACCESSABILITY OF ALL ISLANDS
AND AREA OF POPULATION BY HELICOPTER .
PLANS ARE PROCEEDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH MY EARLIER PROPOSAL.
PLAN TO ASSEMBLE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE DISPATCHED TO THE NUMEROUS
ISLANDS HERE AT ENIWETOK BEGINNING SEVEN APRIL, AND TO PLACE PLAN
IN OPERATION ON ONE THREE APRIL,
MOST IMPORTANT, THEREFORE,
THAT IF CONTEMPLATED THE SHOT NOT RPT NOT BE FIRED, WE BE ADVISED
BY SIX APRIL, PARTICULARLY SINCE PUBLIC NEWS OF THE ANTICIPATED
EVENT COULD BE EXPECTED TO GET OUT SHORTLY AFTER NINE APRIL,
WE ARE MAINTAINING FLEXIBILITY TO FIRE EITHER TEAK OR ORANGE
UNTIL SIX APRIL; AFTER THAT DATE WE WILL HAVE TO PROCEED WITH
THE WARHEAD FOR ONE OR THE OTHER.
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