US DOE ARCINVES
OMIC ENERGY
ATrere
6 US
g2—
n
—
o
RG —
101442
'
-
ATION
YLIC
MILITARAFT
VISION!OF
CoMtectio
ee_Septenbor23)4952.
*
+mwme- st
|
| BEST AVAILABLE copy
Tt hes becoze evident tn the conduct ef the IVY eporation and fn>
planning for future oversons tests that insufficient land area existe
at Ynivetok Atoll to pert firin- more than one very hich yield device thera during Operation CASTL™. rimllarly, prosent ertirates ef
the danrers resulting frou detonating very high yleld devices are such
as to req-ire the Jcint Task Porce to plun evacuation of the Fnivetok
base cosplesent during gach euch shot, @ cunlerscae and e-pensive procedure,
Tince te CASTLE propras ag prosuntly conceived reguirts lend area
for porcibiy three such e-ntn, the Comission on feptesabsr 11, 1937,
eprroved the uso of Cikind Atoll in connection with the CAITLE prograv under the progras as now concelveds
oY
Y
?e
-niwetok Atoll will contime te he the x:in ba. of opestions
¥
@s well as the por] location for relatively low ricid exmrie
en’al tetenatloce, and ex meccacary aid practicable far bigh
ylel’ detonstions.
EL And 44011 whl be used to con.lesent risetok by eerving as
Eft. for ¢.tonstlonz, pert'cula ly for thore wich may inflict
com bocr. bie dansce on the nisstok base or eter s ot Island
F.cllit':s there, or wim- Lt is pos<iblc by use af Bikini to
8v>l. cyacuetion of ‘alwotox.
the urgeacy ef the attuction alth rersrd to 20: nocrssitated certain
rrel{einsar; prepar-tory £ fens on the eesutetion of wpartaent of
"s Fens? © ACurceanee an’ Eypo"
“ye Cowmiasion tnformed the ‘epart-
wont of *nterfor ef oar fatent fon to se a prelintorry party to
Pikin£ avout Sciober 1, 29:7. “nis tn“orestion will ve awlified as
on Pians Ce-clope. ‘e@ havc elso oithoriced the an.a Fe OQverstions
Mice, imited states dtodd: .ncrgy Cornlission, to proceed with the
Bachheod phase of comsiriction at S5ikini.
CLASSIFICATION CANCELEB@Dre quest <eparteacnt of
B
efersc concarrence in, anc ‘support of,
OT
UTHORITY or poE/o@sversces opsrations uner t.l38 7TOPRS Ie YT Te=
imine
~
:
DATE DP.
sate re —_
om Se
ci€oneeeaeseo=
. Tee
weeesesees
-
rrr
ae
Byte TS
kd
S327 23
n
bebidoiiehdiliie
__OFFICEpe
SURNAME,
Serr35-
igFR
sehensete
ste:
=
CIES
Steeetaas:;-SoRRET
ER
paces:fy ICw,
—
sh.
-
x
.
¢
B MARSJTHaykard.MA sKEFieldsleeces Gen..Counsel ....|Gens ana:
| Pucebaaon#24.
geee
_—
- -
~~ -~te 9
ae
epee =
fo ee ete
a
~—