This report was made orally to the OCB by Chairman Strauss of the
AEC and later circulated in briefed-down form to the members of the
Working Group (Note to Hirsch:

I have not looked up the evact reference

which will appear in your records rather than ours; nor have I chosen
parts of your information memorandum for inclusion here,

I'm assuming

that ell that is desired is a reference to the memorandum.)

taminating Pacific currents and fish life by fallout and on the action
taken by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States with respect to monitoring tuna and shark received at West Coast ports were
provided; consultation on the facts of the situation as known in Washington
was given the working groups supplying policy and fact guidance for public
reporting in Japan by the Embassy.
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establishment at Pearl Harbor, T.H. of a small forward group of Joint

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