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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
JOINT OFFICE OF TEST INFORMATION
WASHINGTON 25,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Tuesday, June 10, 1958)
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NUCLEAR TEST DETONATION ANNOUNCED
A nuclear test detonation took place at 5:30 A.M.,
June
11, 1958, Eniwetok time (1:30 P.M., June 10, 1958, EDT) at the
Bikini Atoll.
The test is part of the HARDTACK nuclear weapons
test series underway at the Eniwetok Proving Ground.
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