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&@ ..erdal monitoring of the Paeific ..ros will be cgain conducted
by aircraft oporsting from Kwajaluin, Guen and Oahu. Support of the
aission at Kwajalein and Guas will be provided by patrol airersft fron
WP-29, end rit Oahu by aireraft from Viel..
b.
Basie flight pattsrns adapted for IVY (reforance (b)) cre un-
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nc represcntatives for this progran have beon assiged to tere
changod and hav; bien reproduced by the .20 in tne SOPs ceantioned in
parngraph 3. avove. Deviations from these ¢ ttearns ire authorized if
desired by the ..x Project Officer.
porary duty with Joint Task Force SEVEN in tha Eniwetok/Bikini ..rea.
u® indicated in reference (a), these rsprosent.tives aro:
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(1)
Mr. a. J. Breslia
Project Officer
(2)
ia. Me B. Cassidy
assistant Project Officer
During aerizl conitoring operations, radiation ooasurenents
will be mde by aircraft crews rather than by 20 representatives.
This change is justified by the ral.tive case of soasurements denon
strated during IVY, nd further simplification of this equipaant fer
C.STLI.
These uordial scintilltion instruments (SCINLCETER) are being
assigned to participating squadrons by the .20 Project Officers who
&re instructing squadron personnel regording their use.
e. Honitoring flighte will be requested subsequent to aach C.STLE
detoantion by the Project Officur on the basia of post shot cavelopnents.
after cach dutonation, sertain survwy flignte asy be elinincted if d-ta
frog ground installations confirm ~stoorological predictions tnat fallout in a given area ia unlikely.
£. Groand monitors are being installed at Truk, Yap, Ponape, Kusate,
dajure, Rongerik, Ujelang, “'ake and iiidway. ..t these stations, sutoantic recorders will continucusly aonitor gamma radiation snd count
any concentraticn of airborne radioactive dust. arrangements havi Seen
ande for the attondance of this oquipment by ‘’eathur Service or Tssk
Force porsonmwl 18 appropriate.
The ameption to this arrangencnt 13
ifidway where it 1a desired th-t navil station pursonnel supervises the
instellrztion.
In addition to ths abovo network, tha U. S. .ir Force
(,.F0.T=L) has bean requested to augment gemm monitoring by reporting
from stations st Oahu, Guam, Luzon, Tokyo, end possibly Okinowa, Srenya
and .nchorage.