mo PRIVACY ACT MATERIALREMOVED * ag 3 - INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM ° . | : TO: . From: DAROL K. ; | a . | FROMAN HERBERT I. MILLER AO REA “ | . PATE suBsectsMONITORING ACTIVITIES AND EXPOSURE RECORDS Sy Re 23016 / 194 ANGUST 10, cation eo, . | P one :2 Cais eEncy een tenet an Pai ollectics_€-2.DOr Folger 220, 6 / . DhBeaLPrnp é etic At the time of the deperture of the mets—bedyof—TJoint——___ Task Force-7 from Eniwetok, at the request of the undersigned a@ dispatch was sent to the atoll commander requesting that certain photography be accomplished concerning roll-up activities. This message is attached es reference "A", The contents of the message wes passed to. photo team6 but, as their equipment had been made ready for shipment they did not accomplish the requested coverage. Thereafter, and about 28 May 1948, at Oahu, T.H., the request was restated to Maj. Conner, as representative of the Official Photographer, JTF-7 and he undertook to send a team of photographers from Oahu to Enivwetok to effect compliance. One of the photographers in this group was ; @ mendatory employee of the University of California, but reporting to the Official Photo- grapher JTF-7. On 28 July 1948 he brought the following facts to the attention of Mr. D.K. Froman, Mr. A.E.Dyhre, and the undersigned: That upon his errival at Eniwetok with the photo team assignéd by Maj. Conner to cover the *“roll-up" of the instellation, an Army sergeant was assigned to the team to act as rediological safety monitor; thet this monitor was not certein of his duties or the operation of his detection ecuip- ment; that at the various zero islends this monitor tolc the members of the team to go where they wanted and that he (the monitor) would tell them if it was safe; that for three days the team was not accompanied by the monitor as he had other . duties, but the members were told to go about their work on the zero islends nevertheless. During this period the men entered the crater area and took pictures therein. Thet upon their return to Eniwetok after this three day period, the members of the team were examined by a Major (probably Mejor Butkus, the radsafe officer in charge) who advised that their clothing was contaminated and should be discarded. yp Ugo 8 5 BY “0. mE 4 Ce f IN IN 2 D g That the value of i clothing was somewhere in the neighborhood of one hun‘dred dollars. 7 it might also be noted in connection with the above that the undersigned was advised by the AEC Los Angeles office that some of the photographers, including _ when interviewed at UCLA in connection with a termination physical examination, indicated overexposure to radioactivity. Checking this matter further at Los Alemos, it was found, for example, in Toub‘'s medical file in the "H" Division office that the notation appears “averege exposure for ten days of .25 to .35R. No Symptoms." This notetion is dated June 25, 1948 and signed by Dr. Taplin of the UCLA staff. The actuel exposure records or copies thereof are:not mede part E copiep/oop Of this medicel file and are assumed to be in the custody of E LANL RQ Cmdr. Winant (C.T.G. 7.6) in pashingtons DCG —_ L REMOVED | PRIVACY ACT MATERIA + emaLTE We UY tf F /