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B, TO EVACUATE NATIVE POPULATIONS ON SHIPS,
KEEPING THEM ABOARD AND PROTECTED UNTIL THEY
COULD BE SAFELY RETURNED TO THEIR ISLAND.
_ FAVORING THIS COURSE OF ACTION:
1. THIS WOULD CONSTITUTE A POSITIVE
APPROACH TO THE EYE DAMAGE PROBLEM AND
WOULD BE THE ONLY APPROACH OF WHICH WE ARE
AWARE WHICH WOULD MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE
NAYIVE POPULATIONS WOULD RECEIVE NO EYE
BURN, UNFAVORABLE CONSIDERATIONS ARE:
1. POPULATION IS SO SCATTERED AND
TNACCESSABLE THAT EVEN WITH EARLY
CONTACT ACTUAL EVACUATION WOULD HAVE TO
BEGIN AT LEAST 4 OR 5 DAYS PRIOR TO
EXPECTED DETONATION. DELAY IN SHOOTING
WOULD FURTHER EXTEND REQUIRED TIME ABOARD
SHIP.
2, ENTIRE POPULATION AND OCCUPATIONAL
PURSUITS WOULD BE DISRUPTED TO A
SIGNIFICANT DEGREE,
THEY WOULD HAVE TO
BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR LOSS, AND WOULD
BE QUITE UPSET FROM HAVING TO LEAVE THEIR
HOMES AND BELONGINGS AT THE MERCY OF THE
WEATHER OR POSSIBLE INTRUDERS.
3. EVACUATION WOULD BE OF SUCH
PROPORTION AND NUMBERS OF NATIVES oF
SUCH MAGNITUDE THAT IT WOULD APPEAR
THAT THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE
SUCH THAT THE WISDOM OF THE PROCEDURE
WOULD BE OPEN ‘fo QUESYTON,
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