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‘effect was handed to Japanese zone in the Marshall Islands,
Ambassador Sadao Iguchi in North Pacific, it has no more
-Washington the same day. - binding power than a “warnThe newly expanded danger ing,” ‘observers interpreted,
area, effective as from Friday
(The X mark in the diaand until approximately the
end of June this year, is sever- ‘gram shows the position of
the Fukuryu Maru No. 5 as
_indiéated in the Jog-book of
i "The modified limits of dan- “the ship at ‘the time of the
{cer zone is: “sector of a cir- test.)
;Vvious one in its scope.
longitude
164
degrees
To ‘ASK US
To
To Limit
Fast, included bLetween- bear‘ing 240 degrees from the cen -| erat
ter thence clockwise to bearing 35 degrees from the cenThe Government will most!
ter.”
.
probably request the U.S. GovAccording to the notice, it ernment shortly to limit the
’was
underst
the current so-called
danger
zone
of
modified lirnits of danger zone the U.S, nuclear tests to the
comprise the
ebove sector plus
minimum, it was learned. Satur-!
those remaining portions of
day.
.
danger area announced preThe current US, action to,
“viously,
The United States in its modify the limits of the dan-,
note also said that all possible ger zone about several times"
een
Banger Area To EiTainan|
precautions
will
be
taken
as-
ed States every year,
:
Friday by activities conducted ¥ ithin
‘
the U.S.
pansion of nuclear test danger notice, the Foreign Ministry
_zone in the Pacific in an ap- Saturday morning notiiled the
parent attempt to forestall the various Government and public
_ recurrence of the unfortunate! authorities concerned of the
,"atomic dusting’ incident of} expansion of the danger limits.
March 1.
Since the current U.S. acOfficial U.S. notice to that tion was to expand its danger
' North,
to
have started careful check-ups.
States
‘Ge of 450 miles radius centered in latitude 12 degrees
determined
In the meantime, 1,500,000
cases of canned tunaand about
30,000 tons of frozen tuna are
being shipped off to the Unit-
9
has formally informed the Ja- the danger area.
panese Government of the exUpon receipt of
pal times larger than the pre-
the
canned and frozen tuna. Governmental ministries concerned
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fe
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The
check
rying out strict examinations
of radioactive elements in the
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strictly
sume full responsibility of car-
pikial
164°
to
reportedly
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ed the Japanese Foreign Min-
radioactive elements in the
canned and frozen tuna to be
exported to the United States,
it Was reported Saturday.
The Japanese Government is
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. The United - States: Govern-;
ment Friday officially requestistry
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Old Danger Area5 Oy
SINGTCIECKING
OF TUREXPORT
TO) US REQUESTED
to Jarger than the previous one!
‘insure against the ine:dence is bound to affect the fishing
of injuries to human life on industry a great deal, the Fish-;
eries Agency opined.
to property within the dange
The actual loss of the an-)
If necessary, it also added, nual fishing yield in the Paci-}
warnings of any hazards out- fic area as a result of the cur-;
side the designated danger rent U.S. action will be about!
area,”
area will be given in the event one per cent of the entire yield,!
wi
hat such dangers are created the Agency said.
Government sources are apprehensive lest the news on a
tuna boat showered by the
Bikini explosion should cause
psychological effects on American-consuMers in the future.
However,
exporters
here
rather _optimistic about it.
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