USS NICHOLAS( DDE-449)
DDE449/mw
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
From:
P-22
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20 Mar 54
Commanding Officer
To:
Commmder Task Group 7.3
Subj:
Radsafe Survey 8-11 March 1954
1. The Task Group 7.1 survey party and Mr. Marion Wilds, trust Territory
representative, arrived Rongelep at 0745, 8 Merch and boarded NICHOLAS
shortly thereafter, ‘Working parties, as indicated in Commander Joint Task
Force SEVEN dispntch 060400Z, were made avnileable to Dr, Scoville's party.
Dr, Scoville informed the Commanding Officer that oll reports of gamma
intensitites end other scientific data would be reported only to Commander
Joint Tisk Force SEVEN, He specifically requested that no other commands
be made information addressee, Daily dirspatches indicating results of
RadSafs survey on each atoll, originated by Dr. Scoville, wore addressed
accordingly. On debvarking at “niwetok at 0630, 12 March Dr. Scoville's
party tronsported all earth and water samples to Parry Island.
2.
The following islands, in atolls, were visited.
‘Mr. ‘ilds necompanied
working parties ashore on all ex-inhabitated islands whore native property
was secured as directed by him,
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Rongelxzp Atoll; 8 and 11 Narch 1954:
(1) Rongelap Island:
(a) Native houses were closed up and property left in the
open, thot could be ruined by wenther, was moved inside,
(b) One dog and three cats were killed as possible menace
to livestock.
(c)
One thirty foot sailing schooner was beached above high
water mark and filled with sca water.
ce shed nlong with scils,.
Masts were unshipped and placed in
(d) Two sacks of rice ond five sacks of flour were opened and
placed outside as feed for pigs and chickens,
(e)
Buckets, pens and large clam shells were placed under
eaves of houses to provide drinking water for livestock,
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