LO AgGe f a J~3/72903 led SUBJECT: | t TO: HEADQUARTERS pie JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN APO 87 (HOW) c/o POSTMASTER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 18 March 195k 410548 Radiological Surveys of Several Marshall Island Atolis Distribution - eer tek ie i Le ‘ . Loin . OVer a4 ? Cc , . . 6 CIO BEST AVAILABLE Cop y 1, Attached herewith for your information and retention are copies of radiological surveys made on certain Marshall Island Atolls. The surveys were conducted as a result of contamination deposited on the affected atolls by BRAVO Shot, Operation CASTLE, fired from a reef approximately one and one half nautical miles southwest of Nam, Bikini Atoll. 1845 Zebra, 28 February 1954. 2. BRAVO Shot time was ‘Water and soil samples were shipped to the Health and Safety Labora- tory, New York Operations Office, Merrill Eisenbud) for analysis, Atomic Energy Commission, (Attentigg: Mr, CeUTHORITY OF DOE/OC FOR THE COMMANDER: :; . HLEVDNVA Varalio TO DO ene dateda ” DISTRIBUTION: CTG 7.2 CTG 7.3 CIG 76h CTG 7.5 CINCPAC CINCPACFLT HICOMTERPACIS COMNAVSTAKWAT SS [£6 REAAEWED BY @ 7 ! 1Gsy CURatan Copy 31 Copy 32 Brigadier General, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Copy 33 RG 81 AGENCY/NRDL Copy 3h Copy 35 Copy 36 Lecation___SAN BRUNO FRG poPy 2 Access nT ee fe, f of /? DM//AEC DBM/ARC Ch AFSHP CG FldComd(DWET) Cony 39 Folder e Sorve LASL H Div, Copy 44 C/s USA, ExiAgt H'‘SL, NYOO (c/o Mgr Opns) USS RENSHAW (DDE-499) USS PHILIP (DDE-4,98) USS NICHOLAS (DDE-449) Copy 40 Copy 41 Copy 42 T 0/o7 achatDelpudtO00 OS Copy 43 Copy 45-46 Copy 47 Copy 48 Copy 49 3 Inclss 1, Report on Soil and Tater Sampling Mission by Exj R. D. Crea 2. Report on Coil and ‘ater Sampling Missin by Dr. 7, N. itiAte, Lash FY2 C/ 3e Rad. Survey of Do-nuind Atolls Contaminated by BRAW by Cr, Herbert -sovlils SRD- 213-S¢E car . [