for the personnel,aircraftand shipsessentialto the test.
X Day - Test Day. Thereafterre-entrywas Closelycontrolledby
Headquarters, JTF-7 (J-3) in accordance with the recommendations of
the Radiologist. This centralized control was released by stages h
accordance with the results of the Radiological.survey.
The records of J-3 operations consist of:
FieldOrdersNo. 1 and 2 with Annexes
OperationsOrdersNos. 1 - 8, incl
J-3 Check Sheets
Dispatches
These are filedwith the permanentrecordsof Headquarters,
Joint Task ForceSeven.
PHAS%v
Conclusions
As a resultof OperationSANDSTQNE,certainlessonswere learned
which raaybe sumarized in the followingconclusions:
1. Futuretests shouldbe combinedtestsby the AtamicEn.rgy
Commissionand the lmmd Forces. The lattershouldbe givenmore
advancenoticeand, togetherwith AEO, jointlyplan all details
includingtype,t~
and phasesof the tests. Atomictests are
expensiveand infrequent.Mcimum resultsshouldbe obtained5n
the fieldsof effect uponmaterbls and structures,decontamination,
detection,militarylogistics,tactics,etc.,as well as in the
constructionand contentsof the weapon itself.
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