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FM LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB LOS ALAMOS NMEX
TO DIV OF MILITARY APPLICATION USAEC WASHDC
UCRL LIVERMORE CALIF
SANDIA CORP SANDIAB ALBUQUERQUE NMEX
COMDR FCAFSWP SANDIAB ALBUQUERQUE NMEX
COMDR JTF-7 WASHDO
TO AD STARBIRD, INFO DUANE SEWELL, GERALD JOHNSON, RICHARD
BICE, COL H E PARSONS, COL THOMAS S JEFFREY, TYPED COPIES
TO WM OGLE AND DON SHUSTER FROM ALVIN GRAVES,
CITE CLN JDO-’
AS REQUESTED IN YOUR LETTER TO ME OF 22 MARCH 1957, THE
ENIWETOK PLANNING BOARD MET 18 NOVEMBER FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSIDERING SAFETY ASPECTS OF THE THREE HARDTACK HIGH
ALTITUDE SHOTS,
IT CONCLUDED THAT THE THREE SHOTS COULD BE
CONDUCTED WITH ADEQUATE ASSURANCE OF SAFETY, AND SUGGESTED
TWO MINOR MODIFICATIONS OF ASSOGIATED CIRCUITRY IN INTEREST
OF INCREASING SAFETY DURING CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES,
IT. WAS
CONCLUDED THAT THE ORDER OF HAZARD BECAUSE OF MALFUNCTION
OF MISSILE OR ARMING AND FIRING CIRCUIT WAS PERSONNEL ON
BIKINI ISLAND, PERSONNEL ON ENYU ISLAND, TASK PORCE SHIPS,
AND LEAST, NATIVES ON NEARBY ATOLLS,
IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT
SUCH HAZARDS FOR INTERNATIONAL WATERS WOULD BE EXTREMELY
SMALL,
CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO HAZARDS FROM THERMAL
RADIATION OR FROM FALSH BLINDNESS IN INTERNATIONAL WATER OR
ON NEARBY ATOLLS,
IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE NEED BE NO
CONCERN ON THE THERMAL RADIATION PROBLEM,
ADDITIONAL STUDY
IS BEING GIVEN TO THE FLASH BLINDNESS PROBLEM AND A BETTER
ANSWER SHOULD BE AVAILABLE EARLY NEXT YEAR,
IT SEEMS UNLIKE
THAT CALCULATIONS IN PROGRESS WILL SHOW THAT A PROBLEM EXTIS1
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