two instances in which there has been

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minor deviation from the crogream's basic

ohilosovhy of conducting only well understo>d
and easily interpretable exneriments.

The

significance of the mouse inhalation date

will not be clear, but the Air Torces have
becn extremely eager to obtain this
which elthough voor,

infornetion

they feel is better then none.

Large <nimal studies:
Figs end dogs

(foxhounds)

will be used.

There

is

some

concem

about whether the pigs wilt be am.11 enough to fit some of the
conté iners 2S an error was made in the time of breeding.

This

together with the slight d-lay in the shot time has caused
anxiety particulerly on the vart of TFearse's groun as to whether
the snimels will not be too large at shot time.
in charge of the snima’ts

is

The veterinaricn

confident that he can hold down the

weight of these animels to 70 ner cent of thet formerly exvected
without interfering with the health or nutrition of the animes.
te

Roy

i

goinz to

send word to Pearce a3

soon as he errives and

looks over the situation.
1.

Tonizins Radiation:

a.

Mortality versus distance:

There will be 3

stations each containing 10 dogs and 10 nis. pleced

at 75 roentgen intervels covering en exrected
ronge of SO to 700 r of gamna radietion.

io

testing of xs ny sort will be done on these
animes.

ALL deeths will be autonsied.

Kodachrone filme vill be teken of netholozicel

snecimens and some of the gros* organs vill be
embedded

in plastic «nd

seved

for tec chin.) murnot>”.

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