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consequently well manageable.

On March 13, however, immediately

before leaving for the Pacific, he teletyped indicating that
his recalculations indicated danger of eye damage to ranges as
follows:

a, On the higher shot, to 560 miles for a person at

ground surface;

and 900 miles for aircraft at 20,000 ft.

b. On the lower shot, to a distance of 400 miles for

a person on the surface.

The basis for Dr. Ogle's calculations are contained in a

report dated March 1H, 1958, and now in the hands of DMA.
has been reviewed by Drs.

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Graves, Bradbury, Dunning and Shelton,

all of whom believe the order of magnitude is correct though
the ranges are now estimated by all as somewhat

less

(by a

factor of perhaps 25%) than in Ogle's initial calculations,
5. A series of teletypes have been exchanged between DMA
and General Luedecke,
course of action.

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attempting to establish a recommended

The more important are attached as Appendices

Phe answer to'C} as of the time of preparation

of this memorandum, has not yet been received.

It is expected

prior to the Commission meeting on this subject at 11:00 a.m,
on April 1.

6, In brief, these indicate:
a4, General Luedecke believes that he can establish,
through use of Trust Territory officials and Task Force
members, an organization which would have a fair chance
of preventing eye damage to the natives.
He could
establish control over air flights to the same end.
He
could sweep the area to insure that no shipping was

within the danger range at the time of the shot.

He

cannot, however, avsclutely guarantee that these or
ther measures will prevent inadvertent eye damage to
some individual or individuals,

b. Both TEAK and ORANGE could be fired in the daylight
with the yields now planned.
This would reduce the
estimated range of hazard to 320 miles for personnel at

the surface for TEAK and 180 miles for personnel at the
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