be we anes 4 . -" far a Ca Ve HEADQUARTERS “ TASK GROUP 7.1 JOINT TAGK APO 187 (HOW), SAN 22 6197 Cercle Base Location Folder Z POSTMASTER 326 US ATOMIC ENE} COMMISs) (54 wey Col ollection flbuguergee, New kexico % FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA RG -« be Cex, &110 ccriile Corporetion FORCE BEVEN . ? Seroh 29 1954 — 410632 »peur. Pear Dverett, —__ re tt is time to send you the news from the front linese I arrived at Eniwstok ou Srturday the 20th efter the usual 16 hours in bucket seats, preceded by two full coye in Eonolulue It then seemed that if I were to sea all the inustmmentae tion, I should head for Bikini before the next shot rot the area ell hot again, * The story on contsmination 1s fin some resnects worse then the public ennounsement by the ADC would imply. yes pe 69 there Twente Even et thet, the rediation level et George was 500-800 ur/hr ou Merch 23 with spots over 1000. My source (Cole Cilbert) says thet cotives a. “onrelap got doses sonswhere in the rance 70-200 R, that sume heave beta rey turns and lesions end are losing hair, but that ineir blood counts have leveled off. Le believed that there would be at lsest one ceath, cof en old person already Cyire of hslf the tropical disesses in the book. I rather thet tc comeand wes BEST COPY AVAILABLE focles by the larze yield (14-15 iT) combined with wind shears and shifts not expected. Jf a result there hes been postponement after postponement of Komso, waten only Saturcey went off. soul2 EITM = Seg There ere elso chances in schedule of which you pee AGT @ fs ta achedules Cole Gilbert seid yesterdey thet plans are to heve a snot reesy at ell tines at each atoll, ani to fire either as weathsr pernits. oor. is preoviceliy reecy non on tmimman Islarc. eho will be gotten ready to fo not earlier than April Weithe followss Bikini shot would bs Union, at its oririn- Bily Gesi neted spot in the lacoon off George, not in the Brave cratere jothine wes caic acout Yenkee, Vinds have beon penerallystrox- exci from ti.e exsty such vinci woulc laver the Leiwetok shotse d-elea ~micreten: t-ot dn-eny—eece tee £10 Fiti-slos+ -y dune ty sf _ “ow spechal wore for various people. For Tem Cook: I heve seen no firure G.. convexinetion that anjrhere neer compares with the figure from IVY Hike of 100 lyin es 1 hour 10 miles upwinde Where vas this measured ant whens? tr: preetomeo rad sefe rap for your informsetione I an enslosin-~ ror Bill Perrets TI have had e#@ chance ta fly eround the Bravo cratere The felerncs nesrbvy ara of course stripped clecn except for a bunker on Charlie. The recf hes been theroughly scoured to where instead of beinz the normal dark oolcr cf core] rock it is a brirht orenzee The crater breoched the reef into the lecocs,. Vaile took souncinrs from « DUE" at plus 6 days anc thus has three profiles of the area, iach orcfila sterts down et tas edre tut shower «a flat bottor Copied/ DOE ae J-Dly, CLASGIFICATION CANCELLED BY ASSTHORITY Cad OF DOE/ OC Ad SLE NEESje, ql ;- |