Check Appropriate Block ee for Coordin« ation _—— COMDR Mt 30 14 APR 171954 O/coma |e J@CT: BRAVO Event and Foat Development ys - fete TG: he La 7 . ] 1, (Ay a Eviction, 7 WpDoe LF; 2fafty Ser “roncisco, California | COMBE ¢ se o/86 With reference to the request of your historian 16 Avril on effects resulting from post-BRAVO developments experienced by Task * townie stele, Ce. Cath ATTN: Historian APO 157, o/o Postmaster NOK D/o BY AUTHORITY OF DOE/OC* Joint Task Force SEVEN cece ADJ ppaav CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED Comeander 7.4, the following is subaitted: a, The contaminetion expericnced from BRAVO shot wes of such "severity thet the Bikini Atoll had to be evacuated and the TARE airstrip s completely closed, During the period that TARE airstrip was not ble, surface transportation and PBN airlift was fumnished for inter soeqnasanstnsntend pa PER SEC idland itt, |e All of the personnel fron the Test Support Unit who were ores at Bikini were evacuated to Eniwetok, A special request wes “ ed to Headquarters, USAF for SA~16 elreraft to augment PEM LN Other (Place to Bikini, Three (3) SA-16 aircraft were attached for this use in office: symbohdaditian to the Reseue aircraft. & initial): a a —repmatrnoeeste a b, od Arata ad ~ —tetenerpiine With respect to participation of Taak Group ?.h in the three (3) shots, no adverse effect was actually experienced be~ use of post—-DRAVO developments, Because of the evacuation of weather omnel from Rongerik, however, airlift by SA-16 and PEM was required at frequent intervals to take care of Rongerdk equipment, Much unfor oirlift was required to outlying islands because of the contamina~ tion problen pointed out by the BRAVO mission. c, Colonel Houghton end Lt Colonel Cresby oxpemied a great of téine collecting all of the information pertaining to Tesk Group ley narticipation in the evacuction of Air Force weather persomel from zerik, This deeument will be made e mtter of recerd and wild be eluded in the April history as a complete: document, It eazmot be solidetad witil actions are cempleted and data reduced, Je —— “34? ene G. Ted orm 1i~5 Location Technical Libva vYy B- > se as file copy P onlv Collection Ff FL & Folder Qf . PI:an, 0 per. ration Castle 2-23, °F (2°"2-53) ae 132.4 -S-3-S2, aad sestss etostesstass i peclassified 1 poo 520" 3/67 3-3 A433 © /3