It
@ acverant should became necessary to take aivantace of 4 cudden
weather change.
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Neve was recaived ef the canceliation froa the
sehedule ef the shot designated XG10.
[co clean up the resaining
threa shots it hai been decided to firs ons shot, ReCTAarR, ab gniwetok, and two, UNION and Yakked, of Wkinf,
«hile the Jolat Task
Force waited for the reather to permit then to fire UNION at Bilkint,
ecieatifie persomel nade preparations for H.ctsR of Exinetok,
khen
it begen to appear that BcCTsR would be ready pefore US10H corld be
fired, an alternate firing plan was made, usier which either chow;
woald be fired «xhenever the weather permitted.
fo fire at Biking
the xindis had to be from @ quarter that would not deposit fall-out
oa Enixetok bo the west, co thes atolls te ths east ani southeast.
BicTaX could be fired at Rninetok only wien the winis would prevent
any apprecishle fall-out oa the two hecvily populatedislente at the
southarm emi of the atoll, Parry end Enisetek, and on Ujelang stoli,
125 miles to the southwest. Kither shot would ba fired shea the
weather first pexuitted it, with ONION receiving pricrity should the
woather be favorable for both ehots an the sams day, to clem ths recy
far TANKER, the remaining Bikini shot.
he
(a 22 kpvil, with UNION still unfired, R&CTAR was realy,
and the task croup was prepared to cemmagce exncubion oa the schedule
af evente for either shot with minimus warning, APACHE and SI0UL
wore ser, to their initial stations off Eniwetak to lay fallout
eollectere for Project 2.$a. On the asrning of 23 april APACHE
excperienced a serious casualty to her electrical contrel boards for
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