. Mp 30 Lerch 1554 MEMORAMDU! FOR! CUTF SiVN SUBJZCT: DDZ Trip to Rongelep atoll, 26 Karch 195k 1. AGES Oy NADL RG eee ee en ati oS AX BREN PRE oe z totehie]agele (Karo.hilape Reference JTF S2VEN DTG 230220Z March 1954. trip, conducted by USS NICHOL!S (DDZ 449) was to: Acur-~ * EP ae 00/E3 Purpose of subject a. Beach small boats belonging to Rongelap Marshallese. b. Conduct radsafe re-survey of Rongelap. c. Collect approximately 500 pounds contaminated top soil requested by acC Division of Biology and “edicine, d. Collect samples of warine life and vegetation. @. Collect domestic animals remaining at Rongzlap village. 2. The undersigned acted as JTF SHVEN and TG 7.1 and was responsible for execution of Ib and le. Sjnce mke @n overzll report, and detailed reports on ld and by the project officers concerned, the details in this fined to lb and le. 3. representative the NICHOLS wil), le will be made report are con- It is noted that the scope of activities lb and ld was more limited then had originally been planned. As will be clear from the re- port of the NICHOLS, this vas because 26 March became R-1l after the work started. Thanks minly to the excellent c¢lanning and management of Capt. Joseph Zliot and ixccutive Oificer Cliiford Frink, much more wés 2ccomplished than might reasonzbly have been expcct<sd under these circumstances. le and ls were eccomplished essentially as pl2nned, but la had to be omitted. 4. The radsafe re-surv2y was conducted by Mr. P.R. Schiavone of TG 7.1, TU-7, using two recently calibrated AN/PDR-39 instruments. Readings on Rongelap Island were taken during the morning and on the other islands during ths aftsrnoon of 26 larch. SAN BRON DRE Island mr/hr Ronrélap 40 at C330 at standard position estab- Boszh 50 South send CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED lished by Scoville Survey ~ enia-tok 90 8Y aut Je ORITY OF Pa3/8: Labardj 200 ALVIEWED Oy Daty Kabslle 500 DoE, o¢ date G/ta] <7 L0G) Linck RLtr DAA VAVOllie Te 0 3) ‘ ENCLOSURE (5) 4?