w N collect and evaluate sample of tuna fish that were caught WwW One of the chaps agreed to by the Japanese fleet, rf much problem in the 1954 era. us half of the samples; he kept half of the samples and then w we made our evaluations, they made theirs and we compared them. n But he couldn't get his published in Japan, but that didn't ant necessarily matter, But since they were not the sort of exciting things that would 0 He collected some 2000 samples, sent make a good news story, they are part of the scientific record 10 There were available these data in Japan. but are not a part of the popular record. 11 In 1964, during the high altitude tests at Christms 12 Island, this program was again repeated and.Dr. Carl Botter 13 again collected the samples and sent them tolus. 14 som very real pressures on the part of the hysteria-minded 15 group in Japan there was floated an expedition to evaluate the 16 radiation hazard by a group of reliable scientists. 17 was equipped and sent out and we were advised and we met them 18 In Honolulu in Jume of 1964 and had long conversations with a9 them as to what we had found in the Pacific and, most important 20 I think, for this record at: least, we more or less held their 21 hand during this operation, because, to say it very frankly, 22 they did not expect to return home. 23 ing to give their life to the cause, many of them, 24 particularly true--- 25 26 27 28 FREMONT-SMITH: But under The ship They were perfectly willThis was They expected to be killed by the blast? DONALDSON: They expected to be, at least atthe very minimum, extremely affected by radiation fallout, 29 EISENBUD: 30 DONALDSON: What year was this? 1962, It seems fantastic again or in- 31 credible,to use a much used word, but they had the most 32 elaborate air-conditionire system I've ever seen, 33 hole was plu gd. ™ They had long ° Every port- filters installed. The ship Stafford Warren Cc DOEIUCLA