ANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memora * UNITED -STATES GOVERNMENT 7 TO Dr. John C. Bugher, Director ‘9 31 j13 FROM Merril Bisenbud, DirectorMe Health and Safety Divisio SUBJECT : CONFERENCE WITH CINCPAC STAFF ~- PSARL HARBOR, JULY 2h+25, 1953 SYMBOL: HS:ME Division of Biology and liedicihe, Washington DATE: July 29, 1953 . 4GS, aed Ad On July 2h and 25 I visited CINCPAC Headquarters to discuss the design of the fallout monitoring program to be conducted by the ~ 2 g New York Operations Office in the Pacific during womameee CASTLE,« <= As in the case of IVY, I developed the details of the program with by of the Fleet Operations Officer. I also met with Admiral W. K. Philips, Chief of Staff, Captain Horatio Rivere, Fleet Operations Officer, and Captain H. F. Shim, Air Operations Officer, a the cooperation of Commander C. R. Deller, Jr., who is on the staff a o — Bb ty y OFS ee 2% ea of xk <x & @ \ te 4S oS> & ™& af S 3S Ol eo ot Vas oe > iw oo ue ara <= = 3 deg a> ww, ce lse s status of GABRIEL, Based on the informal concurrence of Captain Rivero and Commander Deller our planning for the Pacific phase of CASTLE survey will proceed as follows: (Modifications of the worldwide network will be dealt with in a separate memorandum) 2 SB #25 AW. a2 I took the opportunity afforded by this visit to brief the above staff members on recent developments related to the fallout problem, including the recent experiences during UPSHOT-KNOTHCLE and the present 3 -. 32 xs GROUND MONITORING Automatic contimous recording monitors will be installed at Truk, Ponape, Kusaie, Majuro, Rongerik and Ujelang. Subject to the availability of equipment, installations may be made at Palau and/or Yap. In all these places the equipment will continuously monitor gamma radiation and will count and record the concentration of airborne radioactive dust. It is contemplated that the installations will be made by an NYOO representative. In all places except Ujelang (where the equipment will be unattended and battery operated) 1L1OV AC is presumed to be available and the equipment is to be assigned to Weather Station personnel who will report recorded data routinely to the NYOO repre- sentative at Task Force Headquarters. In addition to the above stations, it is known that both NRL and AFOAT-1 operate continuous monitoring equipment at a number of locations in the Pacific area. In order to avoid unnecessary duplication ans - fal MOARRESEtt au a2 ° DO AREHIVES