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May T, 1956
Major Gorden Jacks
Task Greap Toa, T-T
APO 437, Bor 1
San Francisco, California
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Dear Gorvion:
By virtue of the fact that you are the enly one who has had the decency to
write, I will direct my reply to you. I trust, however, that you will pase
this around to Bill Kenmefly, Harvey, and any others who might be interested.
Since your departure, a lot of interesting things have happened, although
we seem to have escaped without any real crises. Wright and Ernie Anderson
returned from a very successful trip to Kurepe. ‘The impression they got
from the Geneva meeting was that for the foreseeable future perulssible
ratiation doses to the general public will be regulated by the geneticists.
Yor this reatan, we are to
with the idea of etarting a genetic progran
herve, while the boys in H-4 are now meedling me to build a crystal-type
whole-body counter to be placed slong side the one we already have.
Payne slim returned from a successful trip to Japan. Apparently in the
recoris of the ABCC there are names of many thousand individuals who can be
located within a fev feet at time sero; as a matter of fact, these people
can be locateé more accurately than can ground sero.
We got the Amariiio shot off about 2: hours before you fired the first one,
end whet was originally known as Qperation Quick and Dirty vas a grand
@uceess. Gur fondest hopes of the ablitty of dirt to scavenge active
waterial vere amply borne out.
The roof of the bunker, with its 10 ft of
dirt, went up in the air about 10 ft and then dropped back to the floor,
Dost was minimal, 414 not rise much above 50 ft, and dropped to the ground