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HOLMES & NARVER, INC.
COPY
Engineers - Constructors
TO:
C F Dunlap
FROM: M P Curran
JOB:
942
RE:
‘Surveys of Weather Station Sites at Rong-
elap, Utirik, Wotho & Ujelang Atolls
DATE: 5 July 1957
1 July 1957
0530
Personnel Lenartment truck aboard an H-boat departed site ELMERramp,
Party as follows:
Ray C Emens, AEC
MP Qurran, H&N
S, R. Elanchar, H & N
ME Koran, H & N
0555
Disembarked at site FRED
6615 >
Arrived at C-47 terminal
0700
Boarded C-47
0710
Airborne
0930
Arrived Kwajalein Naval Air Station
1000
Airborne aboard UF-1 928
1115
Dropped message over Rongelap village requesting Trust Territory personnel
to rendezvous with our party at Jaabwan village.
1130
Anchored off Jaabwan village, Rongelap Island, Rongelap Atoll.
1155
Party aboard raft, paddled ashure.
1210
Party ashore, commenced survey, ound survey points used in recent
construction work undisturbed. Contimmed thia traverse around the
southerly end of the island at approximate high tide line. A site
Crew
rigging life raft. (2 cylinders inadequate, inflation completed by hand
pump. Motor mounted, refused to start.
was selected with Mr. Emens concurrence.
During the course of the
survey, Mr. Tobin, Distad representative, and Hr. Gergely, Hicom
legal advisor, arrived at the proposed site. They informed Mr. Emens
that it was necessary for them to return to Rongelap village to pick
up Mr, Sideris, Trust Territory Agriculturist, and their luggage;
also to obtain leage signatures.
1500
Survey completed, boarded raft (Emens, Gergely, Tobin, Curran, Klanchar,
Moran),
1520
UF-1 underway (taxiing) with raft in tow. Estimated area of proposed
site at 3.65 acres. No food producing trees on site.
1615
Anchored off Rongelap village.
1705
‘Tobin, Gergely, Sideris, and native hitch-hiker camo aboard,
Tobin and Gergely went ashore.