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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
JOINT OFFICE OF TEST INFORMATION
WASHINGTON 25,
No. A-lle (J-6)
Tel. Hazelwood 7-7331
Dd. C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Monday, May 12, 1958)
Ext. 3446
AEC ANNOUNCES NUCLEAR TEST DETONATION
A nuclear test detonation took place at 6:30 A.M.,
May 13, 1958, Eniwetok Time (2:30 P.M., May 12, 1958, EDT) at
the Eniwetok Atoll.
The test is part of the HARDTACK nuclear
weapons test series underway at the Eniwetok Proving Ground.
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