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July 21, 1958.
The Director,
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Department of Public Health,
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PORT MORESBY.
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Special attention -— The Yirector
Subject: Radio contaminated J-panese natrol shin
On Saturisy, July 19, 1958, at 8 a.m. two Japanese patrol
ships of the Japanese isvy on ea cartogravhic survey arrived
in Rabeul.
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the
'TAEUYO" that his ship wis radio contsrtinats de
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miles west
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last
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niles -est of them,
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blé over tneir heels an atomie cloui.
ther neve
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in
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