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I was informed that the New York office (?) already had auto recording

instruments in place which would serve the same purpose inasmuch as the
weather

people had been briefed to notify Mr. Brechin or one of his

assistants whenever this particualr instrument recorded 100 mr/hr which
would be nearly off scale,
In accordance with Colonel House's suggestions regarding film badges,
I sent 12 badges to Ronger?k on 25 February, with instructions for their

storage and use,

Mr Kapral has assured me that my instructions were

followed, in that 6 badges were exposed during and after the first shot,
and the other 6 left in storage for the second shot in case resupply of the
island were delayed for any reason,

At about 2330, 1 March, Mejer Robinson, WREP, received an info--" ..
copy of a message addressed to CJTF 7 from Rongerik to the effect, that the_ 5

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auto monitoring instrument was reading "100 plus" and had gme off scale at

0250Z, and was still off scale.

Inquiries made here and at Elmer failed

to establish the exact nature of the auto monitoring instruent; thus it

could not be established what exactly was meant by "100 plus",

After con-

ference between Colonel Houghton, Colonel Hammond, Colonel Watkins, Major
Robinson and myself it was decided that we should take advantage of a
scheduled MATS flight to Kwajalein and send a mmitor - myself - on that
flight to meet the regular weather island service flight departing Kwajalein

on Tuesday (2 Mar) morning at 0830.

Upon errival over Rongerik at about 0945, I requested the pilot to fly
the length of the island at about 500!

altitude.

reading of 4 T-1B instruments was 200 mr/hr.

During this pass the average

Another pass across the island

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