ans from Bikini are: (Atlingnas: Di stances in nautical a. 13. Rongelapt 98, Bongerte: 134, aka: 263, and Utirik: 273. 4 oy 6. late, onthe evening of 2Mareh 1958,BEAYO+‘one aay, the. Mask Torce Conmender directed,‘that a pm be dt patched to Bongelep, to arrive there‘at “daylight 3March prepared to evacuate the native s population because the atoll hea received considereble faliout.uss PHILIP (00898) was ordered ‘to Rongelep, and departed Biciat 7 “at ‘2AN5 ot on 2 Mazen. SomandingOfttoer, Navel Station Kwajalein, RAD Ralph 8.clam, U.8. diary,arranged for an intexpreter and a ws tae trust‘ernitaiyoffical ‘to‘proceed to RongeLep air, and sot Up . .- ay%Ye oe . “aBKfieAe‘esrive shoreatdaylight 3 March. “Agter the initial - _axrengsaents.heaooncompleteg,om SEVEN providededitional 2. ~ oe ws or et gest a x3 . Foe; Fed. . . - tantrastiona,indicating‘that.sa.possible nesisures.sould ve taken ies to make the natives confortable oadhappy |during ‘heevacuation an: : * oe v" Ce,a an ~ > “4 . wre rf wt! ese gtt: re ; ttA on eee oa * a ww’ cad Pane - . Satya a aes Atzecting‘atALFsoeCtoselywith the‘Brust erettozy repreae wots, noe ts te ie ee lee £ ¥ et ee ‘ ae aay? 4S wer!“, - , sentative“oa the scene.He‘alse ‘Foquestod that PRILIP optaia vey lees, ' “bow — veg * moe ae >» SugoiSe “os oe a ™ erinktng’waterseaplenfrom‘the Bongelep livingareas. "07073. rx otens:or neoe x _Atreoted‘uIPto enbark,and: evacuste.allnatives fren Bongslep to-race Pos 7 2 ae ity oR + i , a , Evajeioin,‘when’‘requestedto do.80ty the trust Territosy. official= a Mawae ere arriving ‘by FaX, “PRI Aved‘and anchored off RongelepTalend, inthe Lagoon, at OTD on3 Merch. The Twajalein FEM, with Me. Merton Wilds, civilian representative of the Marshalls! District Administrator, end Oscar DeBrun, Merehaliese interpreter, aboard, oo