“INCOMING TELEGRAM epartment of Sta: gn well eh 1 l gy ~ Kon FROM: Tokyo Info ss 5 TO: - SP~Ssend: cent 1M EE neeEEE LERRTE, oe . + C: . 5 . a,4 be, me we ee UNIQUE DOCUMENT # . Secretary of State Control: 6822 Rec'd: ; 649, September 16, 8 p.m. D2¢Y September 16, 1954 8:04 p.m. efevink Aewetnns b2 bos SoeALEAR S/AE 408045 S~EP ] ¢ 4954 ‘ / _. / DEPARTMENT PASS TO ADMTRAL STRAUSS AEC FROMATLISON'’ ree ‘ 1. Today's MAINICHI , leading Tokyo newspaper, carried front-page headline N' "US A-Energy Commission's reply ires “::. Japanese weather experts" and long article excerpts from ' which follow: “5 2. “Japanese meteorologists are indignant over reply by US t) AEC stating that (1) radioactivity in open sea as result of . | tests is s0 small there is no (repeat no) reason to fear any ' hazard from eating fish caught outside Bikini and Enlwetok - Atolls and (2) atomic experiments are not (repeat not) causing any special meteorological changes. AEC reply is signed by its spokesman Shelby Thompson and is addressed to Prof. Hisamao . Hatakeyama, Director Japan Meteorological Institute" (JMZ) ist 3, Article continues AEC reply sent in answer to declaration {NS oe drawn up by JMI general convention held Tokyo May 20. Declara| tion had been sent to US Weather Bureau which forwarded it to “4 ACTAINED THANSED TO: LASSIFICATIC NN CANCELLED 6. CLASSIF;ED INFO BRACKETED im we _ WI ut oO = pis as tae cea 3 foo, laa ey ro woe the versy of political nature. Instead a great debate will be held on meteorological effects of atomic and hydrogen bombs at Central Meteorological Observatory on September 24". Materials from this meeting will be sent to AEC "to arouse reconsideration from scientific standpoint”. 4. Article continues that immediately on receipt AEC reply JMI held Director's Meeting to decide its attitude and resolved "(1) } 0-<- the sender (AEC was not (repeat not) a scientific body and did rane! understand well the meaning of JMI's declara- tion and (2) it tends to solve problem from a political stand- point as it includes problems of Soviet Russia and compensation to sufferers". JMI further decided to send again to AEC Professor Miyake's report on "man-made radioactive rain which fell on Japan" and survey report from Shunkotsu Maru. 7) Article. concludes "meteorologists hope that. they will obtain another DATE: NAME: 4 REVIEWER {AD REVIEW AUTJJORIZE D Ds‘s not (repeat not’) f { ern SINo E L Some members JMI favored sending immediate protest to AEC, but JMI decided "not to get mixed up in contro- aley DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY(1: aS SIFICATION REVIEW BaaTS ") [CIRCLE NUMBER(S)] AEC for reply. more sincere reply given from scientific standpoint". 5. How serious will be JMI meeting September 24 at which entire controversy will be re-opened and to what extent unfriendly press will attempt exploit diferencesof opinion, we cannot predict. 40287. apne eT? Up to present b ° REPRODUCTION FROM THIS: COPY, IF-CLASSIFIED, 1S PROHIBITED