PARI A) faker ep - (F\ ye 409043 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE U. / we Ui, foPo joy Sty ef tad AL OCG Eye11 B/% S, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Washington 25, D.C. No. Tel. 864 ST 3-8000, Ext. 307 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1956 JTF-7 COMMANDER MAKES PRELIMINARY REPORTS TO DOD AND AEC Rear Admiral B. Hall Hanlon, Commander, Joint Task Force Seven, has returned from the Marshall Islands following the recent conclusion of the R#DWING test series, and has made preliminary reports of the tests to Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson and Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission. Admiral Hanlon reported that the programmed number of tests was made of nuclear devices ranging widely in yield, some in the kiloton and some in the megaton range, and that the energy released by each of the devices fell within the range of estimates made prior to firing. Admiral Hanlon reaffirmed that the energy yield of the largest was substantially less than that of the largest device detonated in the CASTLE test series of 1954. Following the firing of the concluding detonations, light fallout occurred on parts of Eniwetok Atoll occupied by the Joint Task Force. The fallout did not necessitate evacuation of personnel and no special protective measures were required. Secretary “iilson and Chairman Strauss expressed to Admiral Hanlon their gratification at the splendid work done by the Task Force, composed of the three armed services, scientists and other civilian personnel in the AES program, and by the laboratories which developed the devices tested in the series; and by the personnel of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project. repositony AA“EAAG fotee ren ft be Dp oe a coutection KO 2A S52 8 eg ry rhs oo, BoxNo, olha rs 3ie ¥ . | rotven WR AA 7 helen 2 Y (more) x ~ ; ees SS