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