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The Government yesterday issued q statement
following a cabinet meeting to allay the nuclear
radiation scare sweeping the country as a result
of the Fukuryu Maru casé, says Yomiuri.
The statement, issued in the names of the Agrvicu!‘ture
and Forestry Alnister Shigeru Hori and Welfare Min,
istry Ryven Kusaba, assured the
e public that the Governe ;
~ ment had taken effective steps to prevent redicactive 14
Each funa would be stamped|
with a Government certification
of its safety.
, All ships now at sea will be
fratructed to put in at Government
designated
ports where
health officials will be ‘vaiting to’
conduct rediation tests,
(14COO,coo}
"Tons Cf TNT,
Washington, Thurs.—Mr Carl |
, Durham, 2 Democrat member
" of the House of Representatives
Before the Government's state-!
ment was issued yesterday, the;
rediation scarg was fed- by reports that nine “other vessels, re-j
cluding the 238-ton Shunyo Marv,
had returned with a slightly ra-
* and ranking Democrat on the
Congressional
Atcmie
Conimit--
Weapon many
{46s mere pow-
tee, said tay the US “eapleded this menth? a thermonuclear
dioactive cargo.
erful than the + ploc‘on test of |
November 1, 1£52°
The Shunyo Maru repo.ted that
the closest she had ecme to the
Bikini testing area vas about &00
Oficial <curces said that a,
“warm-up”? <cxpiczion of a ‘hydro-?
gen cevice in the Pacific about
miles away when she parsed near
the Soloiners on her way back
from New Guinea waters.
At the Cabinet me<ting, the.
Government decided not to press
saat
March 1 éurprised
American:
scientists with a blast at leaast]
600 times =
powerful than
the Hiroshima ztomic bomb.
y any Immediate demands against’
the US.
‘
As long as Wachington” show:
"ed sincerity in trying to settle
the Incident, Japen would work
together with American officia}
_in investigating” the facts of the
case,
Panna
. The Government also decided to
“accept the offer of the Atom Bomb!
, Cesualty Commission to help the
'23 crew members of the Fukuryu
Meru.
In Weshington, the State Department on Wednesday issued a
formal statement voicing the con‘cern of the US Government over
‘the “regrettakie” incident,
it seid that the US Govern{ment was conducting an imvesti-
cation, In co-operation wth Tapanese authorilies in order to determine how the inc‘dent occur?
ved “despite the careful Precaujtons taken, including warnings:
given over a wide area.”
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times stronger tran had been ex-7
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bemb, which}
caused 69 a
hs, was measured at 23
of TNT.
The Marz
rogen exploBion was
“at betweet
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TNT,
The burst was set off ‘trom a,
150-foot tower ard shot a nuclear
cloud more then 17 nvles into the
air.
The shock v2
f at Kwajalein {
Island, 176 m
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In the Diet yesterday, ‘a Foreign Office spokesman supported
@ min shtist Socialist
remter's
ns
that Japan take the
y feat! ve in urg
ging inte: national
control of atomic energy.
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He said that Jepan naturally
would ask indemnities if_the US
was found responsible.
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earrpwes
bine ae ee
fish from Leing sold to consumers.
Asked about measures for preventing repetition of the case, he
said there would be no cther way
{tue toextendthe closed area,
{
hé elght-member Tc
versity
investigation
headed by Professor
_ Nakaizuml, dispatched
zu, Shizuoka, on We
tentatively arrived at
clusion that the 23 affe
ermen
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wou'd
survis
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’ They also establisted
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:and that, as regards =
‘tuna was safe to eat"
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The ill-fated ship, no
in the castern jetty of
was on the verge of si
terczy because of ical.