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Flight fl (WILSON #2-- qf 1205 to HY 15:00 hours)
This flight is to determine the characteristics of
the radiological hazard likely to drift and fall .
out on Ujelang Atoll and the hazard upwind from
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to CTG .7.4, ATIN: , Commander, Test Services Unitsnot later than H minus eight (8):hours, Flight~
fo (WILSON#3 ~ H/00:55. to H/12:00 hours): This’
a ‘flight is the'same as flight #1:‘except “that alti- ._
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of ‘interest are -those ‘through Wake and the Marsahli
Islands, Specific instructions will be forwarded
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