J S41!?WT operationalarea duringthe courseof the operaticn. d. The SurfaceSituat>_on Eniwetok).toll and its territorialwaterswere declaredclosed with on 1 December1947. ‘he “DangerArea!~of 1~ x 200 nautical-niles Eniwetokas the cent~rwas announcedby the State!?epartment in letters to to the Ambassadorsand ?Jinisters of forei~ countries,dispatched pr?.orto the pressreleaseOY 30 December1947 and becameeffective 31 January19h8. TTnf’rien@ powerscould thereafterbe expectedto have plannedtheirreconnaissance missionson the assumptionthat the presence ~~~~tingsllrfa~e shipsWthj.n theseareaswould be promptlydetected our widelydisposedpatrols. No verfiedreportswere recejvedat Joint Task Force Headquarters revealingthe presenceof any foreignsurfacevesselswithin the danger area duringOperationSANDSTONE. et Espionage No etidencewas developed*during OperationSNWISTONEindicating Data~?or classifiedmilitaryinformationunder that any “AEA F&sstricted Task Force controlwas obtainedbg a forei=gpower or unauthorizedperson. ● f. Sabotage The entireoperation,from its inceptionto its completion,was free of any kidents of sabotage. of the Situatj.on 3. Ffial Estj.mate ‘rem the foregoingparagraphs,theremay be adduoedsufficientfacts to suport a conclusionthat submarinereconnaissance of the atomicenergy 15 SectionII ?