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1. Attached herewith for your information and retention are coples 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 or:
half nautical. miles southwest of Nam, Bikini Moll,
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1845 Zebra, 28 February 1954,
BRAVO Shot time was
2. Water and soil samples were shipped to the Health and Safety Laborstory, New York Operations Office, Atomic Energy Commission (Attention: Mr.
Merrill Eisenbud) for analysis.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
DISTRIBUTION:
CTG 7.1
CTG 7.2
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CTG 7.3
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1. Report on Soil and Water Sampling
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2. Report on Soil and Kater Sampling
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