BOOS
John A. Hall
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August 24, 1954
be used: the test series either were still under way or had been
completed just a short time before. Moreover, with the question
of the continued use of the Marshall Islands area for test purposes
hangiig in the balance, we felt compelled to furnish to the Department of State and the UN promptly all pertinent unclassified
information whether previously published or not.
Essentially the same information in greater detail was reported in
the Sixteenth Semiannual Report to the Congress. Moreover, on pages
41, 42, 43, and 52 of the June 30, 1954, Program Status Report, the
classified aspects of the March 1 incident were reported, including
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specific reference to numerical radiation levels.