HEADQUARTERS JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN 410483 APO 187 (HOW) c/o POSTMASTER SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA J-3/729 3 SUBJECT: 18 March 1954 Radiological Surveys of Several Marshall Island Atolls... Vx B42 Lovatinn Tee hh. Llib TO: Distribution i “e-2 BAELUC TAR Rdwagerile IWeident maeAPRhasy 1. Attached herewith for your information and retention are copies of radiological surveys made on certain Marshall Island Atolls. The surveys were conducted as a result of contamination deposited on the affected atolls by BRAVO Shot, Operation CASTLE, fired from a reef approximately one and one half nautical miles southwest of Nam, Bikini Atoll, 1845 Zebra, 26 February 1954. 2. Water and soil samples were shipped to the Health and Safety Labora- tory, New York Operations Office, Merrill Eisenbud) for analysis, Atomie Energy Commission (Attention: Mr. - * FOR THE COMMANDER: DISTRIBUTION: CIG 7.1 oy a3 . CTG 7.4 BEST COPY AVAILABLE ’ CEE - Chief of Staff ~ Copy 33 - Copy 36 AEC oo Pldcond(DWET) Brigadier General, U.S. Aray Copy 32 CINCPACFLT Dit/ABO 8 ~=-E. MeGINIEY - Copy Es ~- Copy 34 erereteripttocrne (oe - Oupy 1-30 CTG 7.5 DBM/ BRAVO Shot time was ° ~~ cone 3 CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED - Copy 39 - Copy 40 BY AUTHORITY OF ee - con re C/S USA, ExAgt LASL H Div. — Copy 43 - Copy 44 USS RENSHAW (DDE-499) — Copy AF x BrDa LTR (arfVdBS PhAD me fc[te HASL, NYOO (c/o Mgr Opns) - Copy 45-46 USS PHILIP (DDE-498) USS NICHOLAS (DDE-449) - Copy 48 - Copy 49 3 Incls: 1. Report on Soil and Jater Sampling i ~ kission by Naj RN. D. Crea 2. Report on 30il and later S:mpLing wission by or. 2. Lh. white, LASL 3. Rad. Survey of Dosnwind Atolls contaminated by BRAVO by Dr. Herbert scoville SAD-213-SYE s — 2 BYZBISRARP