ocean side of the i-I-nds of an atoll
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and all waters inside an atoll,
The State Department, on 13 December 1948, concurred
in the establishment for an indefinite period of a danger zone sroynd
EXIWETOK ATOLL. Danger area notices were published in air and merine
Navigational notices and in the press. The State Department notified
all foreign governments.
It is expected that BIKINI ATOLL will be
similarly affected on or about 1 July 1953.
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OFFICIAL:
TASK GROUP 7.4
OPRS ORDER NO. 1-53
ANNEX A
ATOLL
Brigadier General, U. S. A. F.
Intelligence Estimate
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