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trip, conducted by
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d
ros
sVEN N DTG 2302202 March 1954.
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Lis (SDS 449) was to:
a,
Reach sm@ll boats belonging to Rongelap Marshellese,
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b.
Conduct radsafe re-survey of Rongalap.
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ce.
Collect &pproximataly 500 pounds contaminated top soil re-
@.
Collect samples of tlarine lifa and vegetation.
a.
Collect domestic animals remaining at Rongelap village.
by ac€ Division of Blology and “edicine.
.
The uncersiagned acted as JTF SéVEN and TG 7.1
and was responsible for execution of lb and lc.
Since
7éKs 2n o varsll report, and dstailed reports*on ld and
cy the project offic Sei 3 concerned, the details in tnis
2.
rinad to lb and le.
Got ue
O bret Se ag le
3.
mited
Purpose of subject
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representative
the NICHOLAS will
la will be made
report are cona-
It is noted that the scope of activities lb and ld wis more
t
ws
+he sie
n
had originally bsen clanned.
as will be clear from the rea-
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hal iot and Zxecutivs Oificer Cli:ford Frink, mich mors was 2ccom2d tinan
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bt Oo
cf
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r t of t n2 NICHCLAS, tnais was because 26 March became R-1l after ths work
Thanks mainly to the excellent planning and manzgement of Cept.
ve rted.
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ed won
30 March 1954
might
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reasonably have be-n expsct<d under these circumstances.
were accomolisnad ésseantisiiy 4s 5
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1a, but la had to be
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The radsafs ra-survey was conducted by Mr. P.R. Schiavone of TG
using two recently calibrated AN/PDR-39 instruments. Readings
en Rong ai
Se ao Island were
taken during the morning and on the other islands
during th 2 afternoon of 26 Larch.
7.1, TU-7,
Island
ar/hr-
Ronzelap
LO at C330 at standard position established by Scoville Survey
Boseh
50 South =nd
Eniasztok
90
Labard}
200
Kabelle
500