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TAKUYO MARU HAS WOOD DECK AND CANVASS AWNINGS BOTH OF WHICH CREW UNABLE
TO DECONTAMINATE PD TAKUYO MARV REPORTS FOLLOWING ERRATIC SCINTILLATION
COUNTER READINGS ON DECK CLN JULY 15 20,000 SMCLN JULY 18 15,000 PD
MSB MAKING EFFORT TO MINIMIZE PUBLICITY ON WHITE BLOOD COUNT FALL OF
CREW MEMBERS IN ORDER NOT ALARM JAPANESE PUBLIC AND FISHERMEN NOW IN
PACIFIC PD DOUBTFUL THAT THESE EFFORTS WILL CONTIMVE BE S¥CCESSFVL
SINCE PAPERS THIS MORNING ALREABY CARRYING SOME REPORTS PD
EMBASSY RECOMMENDS EVERY EFFORT BE MADE ASSIST JAPAN IN THIS MATTER
SMCLN SUGCEST AS INITIAL STEPyMEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND EXPERTS ON
DECONTAMINATION \BE FLOWN FROM ENIWETOK AT ONCE /REPEAT AT ONCE/ TO
RABAUL TO INVESTIGATE
STATUS OF CREW MEMBERS AND SHIPS PD IF FOLLOWING THEIR REPORT AND
FURTHER REPORTS FROM AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES CMM JAPANESE STILL FEEL
DESIRABLE TO FLY SOME OF CREW BACK TO JAPAN CMM RECOMMEND WE PROVIDE
SPECIAL AIRCRAFT PD
DOE ARCHIVES
THIS IS MOST UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR THAT COULB NOT HAVE COME AT WORSE
TIME PD AT BEST IT COULD VERY ADVERSELY AFFECT US-JAPANESE RELATIONS
IN TERMS OF JAPANESE OPINION PD I THEREFORE FEEL STRONGLY IT IS
IMPERATIVE THAT WE BO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COOPERATE TO THE HILT WITH
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT /WHICH IS TRYING TO MINIMIZE KOSTILE REACTION/
BY ACCEDING TO ITS WISHES
PENNINGTON CONCURS
MAC ARTHUR
END OF MSGN
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