INTRODUCTION
During the planning stage of Operation Redwing, discussions
were held by staff members of the Atomic Energy Commission,
Division of Biology and Medicine,
and the Applied Fisheries
Laboratory of the University of Washington on the probable need
for biological surveys to define and evaluate the distribution
of radioactive materials to be produced by the 1956 series of
nuclear experiments.
Following these preliminary discussions, a tentative outline of studies to be pursued during and immediately following
the test series was prepared by the Applied Fisheries Labora-
tory and submitted to the Division (UWPL-45 )"
program contained, among other suggestions,
This proposed
one that called for
a survey and evaluation of the radioactive content of the water,
plankton,
and fish from areas about the test site,
following
somewhat the plan of Operation Troll**
The specific assignment of the Applied Fisheries Laboratory
to the survey project was made in a letter of March 28, 1956,
from Dr. Charles Dunham, Director of the Division of Biology
and Medicine.
This letter addressed to Lauren R. Donaldson
stated in part:
" Program of the Applied Fisheries Laboratory,
Washington,
University of
for the 1956 Test Series at Bikini and Eniwetok
Atolls, Marshall Islands.
February 7,
1956.
** Harley, John H., Editor, Operation Troll, N¥O0-4656,
March 1956,
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