-3- accomplished this day and one small boat, out of fuel, was provided a full tank lowered from a hovering helicopter. After dinner, the first days activities were critiqued and plans made for tomorrow. Processing of the aerial survey data began and continued into the night. The first days sample collection ashore were in bags and in the freezer. On September 19, two small boats were away at 0700 and 0720. A third deisel powered boat belonging to the Wheeling was still not operational. Roger Ray accompanied by Bima Akake and several others went ashore to negotiate the purchase of pigs and chickens for food samples. The people are to be paid for all foods collected. JI went on the first "around the Atoll" helicopter trip scouting the islands looking for possible boat and aircraft landing sites. Upon returning to the Wheeling the first gross-gamma-count overlays were reviewed in the EG&G data processing lab. Very preliminary data indicates islands in the north of the atoll have the highest external radiation levels. Islands in the south have very low levels - like Seattle Washington. One island in particuiar, Naen, had considerably elevated values. These data came from a singlé monitoring pass around the entire Atoll. - We will see later whether these higher values are confirmed by the detailed surveys of these islands. These initial reviews are in accord with the basic planning of the survey which said that the aerial data are to be used as screening data which will quickly show any problem areas where sample collection efforts would be concentrated. On September 20, the two small boats (commonly referred to as "whalers") were away at 0600. This earlier time resulted from-efforts to get a longer day ashore. The ship had provided an early "mess" for survey teams. This day, collections began on Rongelap Island, the village island of the Rongelapese. On the 19th samples had been collected along the eastern side of the atoll. The logistics helicopter 722 (724 is equipped with the EG&G aerial survey equipment) made a logistics rm back to Kwajalein. The distance was about 180 miles and took *One other person remained ashore who was not a part of the DOE survey. This was Frank Cogswell who had requested and been granted transportation to and from Rongelap Atoll for the purpose of irradicating internal parisites in some of the people. ,