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a)
e)
Plankton was much more radioactive than fish3
Exposure to sea water in the area is to be avoided;
g)
The safest fishing area was south of Bikini
f)
Only minor radioactivity was found in the air;
where no radioactivity was found; (h) Navigation was
not jeopardized barring further tests in the area.
A fisheries spokesman envisaged another expedition
next year; also stating the Pacific current would
not bring contaminated water to the Japanese Coast,
A newsreel taken aboard is now showing in Tokyo
and there is substantial daily output from nine newspaper men participating in the expedition, Press
accounts are largely factual and moderate in tone,
some of them constructively pointed out (a) Radioactive
fish were eaten during the trip; (b) Certain scientists
aboard have scoffed at overnervous dumping of radio-
active fish here; (c) Highest radioactivity encountered
was ,65 milliroentgen per day or one percent of the
cenger limit,
3. The Director of Biology and Medicine stated that while
it will be some time before AEC has its own data in hand, the
newspaper accounts seem temperate in tone and not out of line with
Gata already available.
ROY B, SNAPP
Secretary
Department of Energy Historian’s Office
ADALINIIS