REPLIES TO QUESTIONS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL, CONGRESS OF MICRONESIA Question 1: "All information, including policy statements, amd dates relative to when above-ground testing ceased in the continental United States; when it began in Pacifiz area; and when such testing ceased in the Pacific area.” Answer 1: Except for the first U.S. nuclear test on July 16, 1945, at Alamogordo, New Mexico, aboveground testing by the U.S. began in the Pacific with tests at Bikini on June 30 and July 24, 1946. After further Pacific testing at Iniwetok in 1948, aboveground testing in Nevada began on January 27, 1951. Testing continued both in the Pacific and in Nevagé from 1951 until the volimtary moratorium in late 1958. The last U.S. test before the moratorium was an aboveground test at Nevada on October 30, 1958. U.S. testing resumed on September 15, 1961, with m under- _ ground test at Nevada. The last aboveground test im Nevada took place on July 17, 1962. The resumption of aoveground testing, following the moratorium, was in the Pactfic with a test at Christmas Island on-April 25, 1962. Aboveground testing continued in the Pacific at Christmas and Johnston Islands through November 4, 1962, the date of the last U.S. atmospheric test and the last Pacific area test. Attached, as requested, are a number of policy stgtements. ate oe,