\ ; - Ce : —_ USS LICHCLAS(DLE-239) DDC few Fleet rostst Office San Frmeoisco, Crlifornis . From: Tor Commanding Officer Commmder Task Croup 7.3 Subj: Redsofs Survey 8-11 March 1954 R P P-2e Ser: 0x9 20 Mar 54 410547 1. The Task Group 7,1 survey party ond Mr, Marion Vilds, trust Territory representative, arrived Rongelep at 0745s, 8 Merch ond boarded NICHOLAS shortly thereefter, “orking parties, as indicated in Cormander Joint Task Porce S2VEN dispstch 060400Z, were made available to Dr, Scoville'ts party, Dr, Scoville informed the Commonding Officer thet all reports of garma intensitites «and other scientific data would be reported only to Commander Joint Task Force S=ViN. He specifically requested th2t no other commands be meade information addressee, Deily dispatches indicating results of RadSoafs survey on each atoll, origineted by Dr. Scoville, were «addressed accordingly. On dedarking at Gniwetok at O£€30, 12 March Dr. scoville's party tremsported all earth md water samples to Parry Island. 2. The following islands, in atolls, were visited. ‘Mr, “ilds accompa jad working parties «shore on all ex-inhzoitated isl«nds where nitive property wos secured as directed by him % Ronseleap 2toll; 8 «nd 11 liarch 1954: (1) Rongelap Island: (2) Native houses were closed up md property left in the open, that could be ruined by we-ther, wes moved inside, (b) One dog and three cats were killed as possibls moncce to livestock. (c) One thirty foot sailing schooner wes beached water merk and filled with sca water. iiasts were unshicped ¢ 2 shed slong with s-ils, (d) Two sacks of rice ond five s-cks of flour were opaned and (e) Buckets, pens and learze cl-m shells werc plxc2i under ol-ced outside as feed for pigs and chicsen chicauns, RG aeves of houses to provide drinking woter for livestock, yar wecNCY/NRDE boutoniE YO FRG BEST COPY AVAILABLE Aces 0. (6-604 267 Zofh? pp ye a rabiesELLCatal» Peestapg ; S AN 4 CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED 9 UR sls BY PUTHORITY OF DOE/OC Ew Be Us’? x hLer DNA VErLe//o Te oe,ce dated &(16/E7 BRUNG Fe O° V7 NQa 232