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during the interview and he stated that he fell the interchange of questions and
answers went well and that no iajor controversies could result from a review of
the film.
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The Associate Producer of the program was Hrs. Leslie Cockburn.
She
asked me if she could contact me again when 1 reLurned to Nev York, to discuss
the program in moxe depth,
She stated that she had previously had several Jong
conversations with Dr. Conard.
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We had informed me of some of those wrectings.
Ship Performance —-
Ga September 21, the ship sailed from Kwajalecia with a full complement of
woedical
party persounel.
Fvery berth on the ship was occupied and one Marshallese
translater was sleeping on a wattress in one of the examining rooas.
We deft
the dock at 1300 and were steaming north Sor Roagetap vhen ve were erdered to
reverse course and returm to Meck Tstaud aud to remain there until released for
Surther steaming,
an incoming missile.
Apparently the ship at that Line was in the dimpact zone of
The ship therefore steancd back to Meck Island, arriving
at 2200 and held in that position until 0200 when ve were cleared and resured our
trip to Rongelap,
On checking with Keith Coberley,
indicated that he had very carefully checked with
the master of the vessel, he
range control on the day of
our departure aud had indicated our 1900 D.R. position.
a safeposttion and we could continue without difficulty.
He was teld that this was
Our 1900 position on
the day of departure was actually furthernorth than we had originally predicted
and we should have therefore been vell clear of the danger area.
Upon returning
to Kwajalein, T immediately contacted range control and discovered that the
mistake had been made by ranse control and not the ship or the captain.
entirely corseet in all of his procedures.
V2 hours Jate in reaching Rongelap.
moderate seas and because
We was
The result, however, was that we were
During this period of time the ship was in
of dts reund holtom configuration and its tendency to
roll and pitch excessively, practically every member of the medical party was