defickencies disclosed in KOON and ECHO, actual yields (in negatons) » shot

locations, detonation dates and local times were as follows:

SHOT
BRAVO

nCTUAL 05

15

SHOR_SITE
Land surface

DETONATION
DaTZ LCC..L TIME

near Nam,

1 Mareh 1954

C645

3927 March 1954

0630

7 april 1954

0$20

Biicind
ROMEO

1. 70.5

KOON

0.11 £ 0,02

UNION

7.9 £ 0.5

YANKEE

~~ 13.5 #1.5

NECTAR

1.7 40.3

Barge in FRAVO
erater, Bikini
t
Land Surface,

Eninman, Bilini

Barge off Yurechi, 26 .pril 1954
Biker

0610

Barge off Yurechi, 5 May 1954

0610

Barge MIKE crater 1 May 1954

0620

off Teiteripuchi,
Eniwetok

Ce.

Cnesite Operations
(1) The onesite phase of C..STLE commenced with the esteblishnent

of command posts in the forward area on 17 January 1954.

«rriv2l of cajor

components in the forward area was phased to coincide with the imedicte
operational needs.

By 1 February 1954 all tesk force elements had arrived

in the forward area and preparations were begun for the conduct of the full

scale rehearsal, Extensive preliminary communications checks were cade ind
on 23 ?ebruary tho rehearsal, for the first shot was successfully carried out.
This was the onlyfull scale rehearsal conmiucted.

Since all shots were

statically detonated sand operations were similar, each detonation served as
a rehearsal for the one to follow,
d.

BR.VO was detonated on 1 March 1954,

Prior to this shot all

personnel were cvacuated from Bikini .toll, oxcept for a small firing perty

which remained in a bunker on Null (Enyu Island), approximately twenty ailes

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