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SEIEL. . SURVEY.

On 2 March, Major Richard &L Bemcnt, OB, arrived at Eniwetok to assist in the gonduct of a seismic survey of the atoll under the
supervision of Dr KL Stevenson of AEC, Los Alanose
Fourteen enli sted men of this Task Group were selected te. assist
Major Bemont in his part of the surveys

On 2) March, a nesting of ‘those

nen was held at which the project was aesoribed da detail, ond safey

and security measures were digoussed,, On the same day, they were given

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practical tastruotioa in the use of the SCR-$00, which radio was to be
used for scordination and ‘ocntrel at the various stations employed

during the survey,

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In brief, the survey suvclred the setting off of five explonions,

the equivalents of one tive, ten, fifteen and twenty tons of THT,
respectively; and the _Fesording of ‘setunto data atseveral check pointe, .

on islands of the! etoll by‘Uscas perscxnels ‘

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