GENERAL G7 ELECTRIC
41088¢
Reveuber 9, 1956
Atomie Energy Comelesion
Division of Biology end Medicine
Veshing 25, B.C.
Attention:
W. 3B. Clans, Chief
Biophysics Branch
Dear Valt:
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Bielogical Survey of the Preifte
In reply to your phone enll of Hovesber 7, 1956 we are enclosing a conplete list:
of the sexples received te date from Dra. L. A. Donaldson and R. R. Harry surve;'
The iafereation was ebtained from sanple labels or lists supplied by the groupe
responeibie for collection of the epecinens. in the future we will subalt sosth
reports of al] samples reeeived during that peried. The absence of a report vil
indicate that ac seuplee were received by the laberatery. Alee as you indicated
oaly apperent general trends with reayect to fluid tremsport of radioactive substances vill be included tz the monthly progress statements.
Closer serutiny of the analytionl data confirmed ny statenants by phone that for
the samples received to date there ia no apperent correlation of the fluid trans.
port ef redionetivity with time since detonation. Nowever, if the iscchromic 11
of the Horth Equatorial Current (Geo. Vanderbilt Foundation anp) approxiante the
actual tins of truvel, then ne time correlation would be shown by the samples
analyzed.
There are taelated cases of positive radioactive substances in Biclogical sample
from the Palas, Gaipen, Guam, Yap end Ulital stations.
Phe speredic pattera of
these positive spesiuens throughout the entire eallestion peried precludes cor-
relation with tine, and tadicates a souree other thas fluid transport of debris
frou the "Re@wing” series.
Alse ease indicated tn ow phone conversation the beterogemeity of the results
obtained to date on Dr. Donaldeon's samples preciudes any conclusive statensets
as to patterns and trends at the present ties. It agpears thet all analytical
werk euet be conpleted before an accurate evaluation could be asée.