There was no panic, nor apparent dismay, and all of the men were willing
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to do whatever was necessary to secure the islmd before evacuation and to
do it in a much more cheerful than I expected,

Commendation is due all

of the men-with-special mention of Mr. Kapral and M/Set Pletsch for excellent leadership.

The following is a list of the various readings I obtained and the
locations at which they were taken:

Inside building where the men spent most of their time - 0.6R.
(This reading is low because the building was hosed down thoroughly early

in the morning) .
Outside the same building - waist height - 1.&R.
(This reading taken on the PSP platform in front of the building)

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Beside the same building - sand surface - 2,4R.

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Surface of a bed in a living tent - 1.2R,

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All readings taken - and there were not as many as I ehould have taken
fell along the same values,
Mr Kapral had decided to evacuate his people in alphabetical order making it as impersonal as possible.

As soon as all excess baggage had been

cleared from the plane to the shore, the first 8 men were loaded aboard the
UF and taken to Kwajalein.

As we departed the pilot informed me that he had received a request
for further definition of the radiological situation,

Unaware of the fact

that ny original message had been garbled, I concluded that someone was
making the request who was unfamiliar with radiological procedures,

There-

fore, I instructed the pilot to say that I was getting a reading of 3.2R at

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