H3..DCU. REERS
JOINT T..SK FORCE SEVEN
Washington 25, D.C.
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ll Docenbor 1953
SUBJICT:
Radiolugical Hazards in tho Marshall [slenca .rea During C..STLZ
Oe
Ccamander in Chief, U.S. Pacifie Fleot
o/s Floet Post Offiss
San Franeisec, Caif.emia
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ber 1953.
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References:
a.
CINC?..CFLT SSCRET letter, subject as above, datad 31 Cctc-
b.. CJTF SIVEN SICRET letter to CINC?..C, subject:
"Schedule
ce. CJTF SEVIN SSCAET letter’to CINCP..C, subject:
"Safety
cf ilessagea Concerning Detonati:n During C..STLE," dated 3 December 1953.
cleasures During Operaticnal Phase of C..STL&," datod 1) Docenber 1953.
2.
Inforantion presented in your lettor hos beon considcred in
the rovised C..STLS radsafo plier (rofarencetc).
C.omante cn critical
paragraphs cnd details ca oricory oatters of inturest are prossntcd
balow fer ycur infcrantica.
3.
Reference parcgraph 2 cf your lettor.
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In ecnsdderati:n of your reapensibilities anc boccuse cf
othes-Naite force developments since July 1953, the cloud trreking effcrt
cn Opdrett.fGaSTLS Has been sugmented.
It ischAsidsred thit the creas
of acet eunee®n, im sequence cf pricrity intorsst, are as fcll.ws:
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The dewnewihd (treds wind) rogicn fren Ground Z3rc0
(GZ). This ares would include bcth the task force canp at iniwotck
and the nativepcpulstead stoll of Ujelang.
(2) The up-wind (trade wind) regica froa GZ. This is
the region fica whidh seccndary faltcut could cceur “n tha task force
carp sito.
(3)
‘The up=wind (trade wind) rogi.o from the native pcpu-
lated atclis in the eutheost quadrant.
This area is of ecncern fcr the
same reason ag 3a(2) abowo, but ecnsidered cf less pricrity cue to its
more fsver-ble lccatiica with reapect to GZ.
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