Question 5:
"Specific dates of each nuclear or thermonuclear test, whether
under, on or above ground or sea-level, kilo or megatonnage
of each detonation and observed and observable damage or effects
to reefs, lands and environment of the atolls of Bikini and
Eniwetok.""
Question 6:
"Copies of weather charts, summaries and data relevant to the
March 1, 1954 test."
Question 8:
"Total explosive force released during tests conducted in the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and studies and surveys
related to cumulative, and residual background radiation levels
in the Marshall Islands from the time testing began in 1946
until the present."
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NOTE:
questions are closely related in the subject material of interest ...
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Answer:
comprehensive response is presented.
Information on announced nuclear tests conducted in the vicinity
of Bikini and Eniwetok (and other testing locations) is given
in "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons ,"" Samuel Glasstone, Editor,
Revised Edition, Reprinted February 1964. See Appendix B,
page 671. This report is being forwarded under separate cover.
In addition, the following list of tests has since been
announced and is providedhere.
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6/13/56 2326
6/21/56 2156
7/2/56
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8/6/58 0215
8/18/58 0400
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Eniwetok
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Eniwetok
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Eniwetok
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53,100
54,400
56,800
52,500
52,100
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Meteorology, information extracted from an unclassified report
on Operation CASTLE is being provided under separate cover.
For a fuller review of the "effects" aspects of these
questions, see the reports being forwarded in response tc
Question 3, in particular report number 10. That report
contains information on cumulative radiation for Rongelap,
Ailinginae, Rongerik, and Utirik Atolls.
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