MALOELAP

KAVEN

6 Mar

WOTHO

WOTHO

MAJURO
7.

ULIGA

&Mar

7 Mar

1615

1200

3 8 68 3!

DATE

S63

ISLAND

EER

ATOLL

MRAIR & SAMPLING

1.8 or/hr, 2-villago, 2-path
to beach.
Well wator.

From catch basin.

0.8 mar/hr, 1 by well; 2-midvillage.

Well water (no rain in catch

basin for 2 mo.)

0.5 orfnr, 4 from near Admin
Bldg.

Tap water,

Pacific Microncsian Linc S,S. "ROQUE", Mastcr: Lawrence Blanc, home por’

Guzm, left Eboye 0840 M on 1 March, cntcred channol to Utirik Lagoon about 1200 -

on 2 March, and anchored in Lagoon at 1524 M on 2 March; docked at Majuro torn
Is.) 1630Mom 7 March,

Readings (mr/hr) aftor docking: 2-3 insido main dock struc

ZUFO, 10 on open deck, 5-8 in sleeping quartors on upper.dcek, 10-30 cn rope and
canvas. Prior radinvtdon levels e-nnct be cstinmated because of rain squalls and u
certainty about when decks lnst washed, laster ws advised to have.decks washed
down as soon as convenicnt, He was told that the activity wuld net+ hawt ANYORGy
but thet 4t was undesirable to have it around longer than necessary
8.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Future visits to Erikub and Maloslap should not be

attompted by UF-1 oxccpt undor eaditions of greater urgency.

The writer's prior

expericnee in such oporations is vory limited, but from his own obscrvations plus
the romarks made by those bettcr qualificd to judgo, it appears that a fair amour:
of risk is involved,

9.

.

5 an

ill Jeo

ae

rive

Especially notable was the very cooperative attitude of the Navy personn:

at Kwa jalcin-and the Marshall District Administrative Officials at Majure in sup~
porting this mission.

1 Incl:
Marshall Islands /toll
Samples collected by T. N.

White, 5-7 March 1954

fof

T.N. White

DR. T. N. WHITE
Hoalth Division
LASE

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