PALAey " . nM “s a Su Tel PSUSES ele \IE Ml “o 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, ~ 6 - | Appendix "A"