: y Fg 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. BT 03/08332 NNNN RECD VIA NET DB 03/1047z