22 Dec. message from Betts
to labs, operations offices,
et al requests
“comments and recommendations
Concerning detonation of underg
round shots SO as to
form high chimneys and pro
duce Slight intentional ven
ting as a means of reduci
ng
Cunel contamination."
HP
He notes 5s pecific questi
ons as to overburden criter
ia,
assurance of reduced con
tamination, ete,
A 22 December 61 memo fron Swihart
of J-15 to Graves indicates that
the FISHER
eet]
shot was the first one to use the Shoc
k time of arrival technique for hydr
odynamic
yield determination.
j
N
A 22Dec.Memo from Col. Banks of DMA to a Mr. Holland of the PaltoutStudies
Branch of the Div. of Biology and Medicine in the BC none re useful to
details of the planned atmospheric test operation whic noneona "Among
you in your planning investigations of various tattout pn eetations
other things, Col. Banks notes that there are a rota of : about
wee
scheduled between April 1 and June 15 and that of t . ts’ and are surface
currently planned as airdrops, 2 ave highaltitude shots| that the airdrops
nge of
yie
te te be conducted 400 niles South of Oahu with shots schedutee 2p OUies
uniformly throughout the test period. | ine high aotee Snes a
With
400 Kilowetere with a yield of
a yie
.
.
.. and are seneeuiee tobe performed
between May 15 and June 15 from Johnston Island, me fond a 2 kt shot at
which he notes are to be a 165 kt shot at Jarvis oo vtares that
the NTS. Further, for the assistance of Mr. oar oon contacted zelative
Bob Goeckermann of LRL and George Cowan of LASL
ha
to attending a meeting to discuss fallout phenomena.
™= 23 December TWX from DASA
Annex (
figuration is considere
d a good substitut € and
has certain communica
tions and
radar capabilit
Furthermore,
y and can be available
to the AEC at a cost at of
$3,000 per day.
Libert
y class hulls can be obt
ained from the Maritime
administration
at no cost but DASA nee
ds to know how many, wha
t d ates, and where the
y are to be
delivered.
The hulls are jn good con
dition for a long tow at
4 knots,which wil]
require 25 days tow fro
m San Francisco to Pear|
» and DASA needs to hav
e the information
=20 -
as soon as possible to request
them from the Secretary of Commer
ce
and
request that Schuster and Ogl
e be prepared to discuss the
se two problems at
the
27 December conference in Washin
gton.
Cu