HEADQUARTERS JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN APO 187 (HOW) c/o POSTMASTER SAN FRANCISCC, CALIFORNIA 403/72903 SUBJECT: 18 March 1954 Radiological Surveys of Several Marshall Island Atolls yf ” we ew TO: Distribution l. aye Attached herewith for ydur information and retention are ccpies of radiological surveys made on certain Marshall [sland Atells. The surveys were conducted as a result of contamination deposited on the affected atolis by BRAVO Shot, Operation CASTLE, fired from a reef approximately one and one half nautical alles southwest of Nam, Blicini Atoll, 1845 Zebra, 28 February 1954. 2. BRAVO Shot tine was “ater and soil samples were shipped to the Health and Safety Labor - tory, New York Operations Office, Merrill Elsenbud) for analysis. Atomic Energy Commission (Attention: Lr, FOR THE COMMINDER: ry D aae 3 - Copy 31 Ct 7.5 - Copy 3h CTG 7.3 CTG Tou Sarre = Copy 32 - Copy 33 CGFidCond(DWE?) C/S USA, Beigt Giief of Staff = Copy 36 AVSTARIU' Ch APSR E. MGINLEY Brigadier General, U.S. ‘ray == or 3 Copy 39 CINCPACFLT DEM/ABC ’ YeSAARAL - Qpy 1-30) CTG 7.2 Dit:/AEC « =- Copy = Copy 40 . / = Copy 4d (oy = Copy 42 = Copy 43 LASL & Div. - Copy 44 USS RENSHAW (DOE-499) = Copy 47 USS NICHOLS (DDE=4b9) = Copy 49 ~ HSL, YOO (¢/o Mgr Opns) - Copy L546 USS PHILIP (DDE—496) 3 inelss - Copy 48 le «pore on ofl wc xterm uapling 2. “Lssiles by H Re Ve TM epert on . ad ~Soalon by “Re Te ie ater .spling Rite, Leb 3e cade urwy of -oaniad ‘oll; contaainsted oy Mi: vy -e. .ertert corille fo a _ _- - :