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2, SINCE WE SIRERALL WELL BE RELATIVELY
LOW ON THE HORIZON FOR DISTANCES OF 250 MILES
AND BEYOND, AND SINCE INHABITED ATOLLS ARE
COVERED WITH VEGETATION, CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT
. A LARGE PROPORTION OF THOSE FEW AWAKE WOULD
BE SHIELDED BY TREES, ETC,
3, CLOUD COVER OVER AT TEAST PART OF THE
AREA CAN BE ANPICIPATED,
SUCH CONDITION
WOULD FURTHER REDUCE THE PROBABILITY oF
EXPOSURE OF THOSE NOT OTHERWISE PROTECTED.
4. OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN A POSITION TO
BE EXPOSED, ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION WOULD
POSSIBLY BE LOOKING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
BURST,
UNFAVORABLE FACTORS ARE:
1. EVEN THOUGH PROBABILITY IS LOW,
TUERE IS CERTAINLY NO ASSURANCE THAT AT
LEAST A FEW PERSONS WOULD NOT RECEIVE
EYE BURN.
2. THIS COURSE OF ACTION WOULD NOT
BE INTERPRETED AS AN EFFORT ON OUR PART
TO PROVIDE POSSITIVE PROTECTION.
3. IF EYE DAMAGE DID OCCUR, THE TIME
WOULD HAVE PASSED WHEN TREATMENT COULD
HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE EVEN IN ALLEVIATING
PAIN BEFORE WE COULD BECOME AWARE THAT
DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE., WE WOULD BE OPEN
TO THE CHARGE THAT IN ADDITION TO NOT
PROVIDING POSITIVE PROTECTION, WE HAD
MADE NO PROVISIONS FOR TREATMENT OF
CASUALTIES,
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Appendix "A"