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The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to
His Excellency the Ambassador of Japan and has the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of his note of October k, 195, in which
it is requested that certain information be made available in
connection with the issuance of HYDROPAC 27718 of July 3, 195k,
and related matters.
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HYDROPAC 27748 was issued at the request of the Conmaander-in=
Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet to facilitate his security
responsibilities.
It was intended simply and solely to warm
unsuspecting fishermen from disembarking om Rongelap, Rongerik and
Ailinginae atolls. fhe notice does not have anything to do with
the waters surrounding the atolls; it merely refers to the residual
radioactivity on the atolls.
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The notice was issued as a result of the fall-out that occurred
on March 1, 1953; not because of any development occurring after that
date.
The Ambassador's attention is called to the statement made by
Mr. Midkiff, former High Commissioner for the Trust Territory of the
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