BOOS John A. Hall -2- 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 59090336 AS specific reference to numerical radiation levels.