I-37 SRD-WG -Sa/E
SUBJECT:
lst Ind-
1 April 1954
Radioactive Contamination of Ships and Radiological Exposure of
Personnel of Task Group 7.3 due to BRAVO, the First Nuclear
Explosion of CASTLE
Headquarters, Joint Task Force SEVEN, APO 187 (HO), c/o Postmaster,
San Francisco, California
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THRU: Ccmmander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, c/o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
TOs
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Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington 25, D. C.
1.
Basic letter, from CTG 7.3, serial 00666, dated 22 March 1954, is
forwarded for your information in accordance with request contained in
CINCPACFLT dispatch 2019122 of March 1954.
2.
Similar reports will be made on subsequent shots of the CASTIE
series as required,
Copy
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furnished:
—F,
CINCPAC (3)
CTG 7.1 (1)
CTG 7.2 (1
7.3 c
TG 7.4 (1
CIG 7.5 (1)
COMCRUDESPAC (3)
COMSERVPAC (3)
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CNO (OP 36) (Adv Copy) (1)
BUMED (3)
NRDL (1)
USS BAIROKO (1)
CESCC.Wr
C LaRKSON
cortasor General, U.S. Army
COMAIRPAC (3)
COMPHIBPAG (3)
BUSHIPS (3)
¥.
‘Commander