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te aveilable.
We had decided to camty on iis feasibility siudr in
the following order: first, how do you gain access to the atcil in
the beginning to stage an operation; secondiy, what sort of firing ceo
you do tnere and with what sort of instrumentation, and thirc. the qu2stisn of airstrip and eemi~permanent camp facilities versus no airstrip
ani no camp.
We aecepted from the beginning that the best concept would be on3
of renote diagnostics and remcte firing of devices from a ecnic,
Earp
firing sites would be selectac in t:e northern end of the lagotn in
s
oe
thi most streftemic lecations to prance abetter anchorace.
The firs:
shct wioould be fired to give a breax-ihreuzh in the reef and Later sacus
would be stepped in to imoreve the wa chorage,
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The Task Foree and the
hazy aypplied us with Hydrogrenhic Office survey worksheets and pictures.
by Se,
Estiops hes looked into the permanence of the sand
islands. if tre recf
is bresched, and the exchange of weer in the legocn te deter cine the
feusibility of setting off ene shot end ther going back in five dsavs to
just of f
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me eige oo
4
6 te
se, another one
that crater,
Nothing is ‘mom about
tre currents and we felt thas this ves pertinent information and vanted te
stort a marine survey.
‘Thayer's pregran of deep-water shots in {LiRDTACK
involves sending tvo vsssels cit to tne Formvard 4rea to make some soundings,
so we talked to the Task Force abcu! inccluding five Seripps people in tis
saconc one of these two trips, but the necessary money wes not made availe.
chbie.
Casler and I put the quistior. tc the AEC and apparently the fecling
war “hat we should have been workine with the ARC all the time,
So the
wey the thing stands now, I think we 2an go aheac and write this Teasi-~
bulity study leavine ont tye o° the most important answers; first. now
Eotn can you pet bazk in there aftsr the first shot and seecnd'y, the freee
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