HEADQUARTERS JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN ake ad APO 187 (HOW) c/o POSTMASTER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA J-3/729.. ny ris Ay 18 March 1954 SUBJECT: Radiological Surveys of Several Marshall Island Atolls TO: Distribution ll. Attached herewith for your information and retention are copies of radiological surveys made on certain Marshall Island Atolls. The surveys were conducted as a result of contamination deposited on the affected atolls by BRAVO Shot, Operation CASTLE, fired from a reef approximately one and one half nautical miles southwest of Nama, Bikini Atoll. BRAVO Shot time was 1845 Zebra, 28 February 1954, ' 2. Water and soil samples were shipped to the Health and Safety Labora-— tory, New York Operations Office, . ‘Atomic Energy Commission (Attention: Mr. Merrill Eisenbud) for analysis, ‘ FOR THE COMMANDER: DISTRIBUTION: __CTG7.1_ CIG 7.2 - Cupy-1-30— --E.-McGINEEY ~ Copy 31 _Brigadier General, U.S. Aray CTG 7.3 - CIG 7.4 GIG 7.5 - Copy 32 ~ Copy 33 Chief of Staff _~ Copy 34. _ ae em ge rete CINCPAC eee tee) Copy 35 -GINCPACFLT» - Copy 36 . HICOMTERPACIS ~ Copy 37 COMNAVSTAKWAS DMA/AEC ~ Copy 38 ~ Copy 39 Ch AFSWP - DEM/AEC — Copy 40 CG FidComd(DYET) C/S USA, ExAgt LASL H Div. ~ USS RENSHAW (DDE-499) - HASL, NYOO (c/o Mgr Opns) USS PHILIP (DDE-498) USS NICHOL'S (DDE~449) : riih. Ax,5D oer | ey Oe L euiee) Wr0% snet a pot 9 Kee neler" ven Ue in ~ — Copy 48 — Copy 49 pare PE one ; Fenree Tess ceoeT ROOSTOF.— eA. Anis ki . CGacEZ.comer 3 Incls: 1. Report on Soil and ‘iter Sampling _. Mission by Maj R. D. Crea a. 2. Report on Soil and ‘iater Sampling Mission by Ur. T. N. “hite, LASL 3. Rad. Survey of Dowiwind Atolls Contaminated by BRAVO by Dr. Herbert 5 coville SAD-213-SYE Ne aie” Pneess : fT3-5)3 / Sf