— - 5 s1\~e = > scored south oo meEe >... 2 eNED and vac seos* ter . i? tele aie . ot Seaenwr *et ane cena -. PTISOTLc7. 2s woe - ae . vidn eye mend . EBVProOVTsc eet -.- nase Lae eto - caved 2G wy the TET oo¢ clefee =o. aoe SB amk le ee omg of AINSNCHTE, BATROKO, and other smaller vessels. wee: Mee = . ates ~ 2 8 All ships evacrcted the Lagoon en tke afterncon cf minus one and returned sbout 2& hours Jeter. Enincen airstfip was found to be covered vith debris which prevented its immediate une for C-L7 ebhuttie flizhts. It was cleered tc a width of 18 feet fuli Lengvr by 3% april. ‘First sazplesa arrived at Esivetok cn sche merning of 27 Sorili. >{ii fF disclosed -+: persens at Enivetok and 178 ay Sikir:. 2. a «-:: scke@uled fcr 14 Aprii, and tad been given all the uBusl] Dreperetory arrangements. Cn 12 jipril en ince?iaize postponement vas, annersced, ena on 13 April cancelled.” Diezantiing of the URSULA cemp began immediately and was completed on 18 April. The primry comrcnents of the device, and their Qumzy ccunter-parta were recurred to storege (22) (23) en 14% April and ultimately returned +o the ZI. ‘ 3-SI, te ficth event of the casTIe series, vad detonated § Mey 54, on a barge moored in Bikini lagoon. This device was carried from the assembly area barge slip on Parry to the Bikini lagocn on 1 May 54 on the LSD BELLE GROVE. Preparatory vork vas entirely ship-based, supported by tke shipe ESTES, CURTISS, BAIROKO, AINSWORTH, and others. FY feted 344 persons at Eniwetok end 152 et. Bikini): (me All ships deperted the legoon during the afternoon on minus 1 and seturced about 24 hours later. A radiologicel sefety survey’of tke atoll was mede on the afternoon of Shot Bey. 20) gF-7h10, Subj: ai eonceized, 13 Apr SECRET RD SF-7418, Subj: ECHO hes teer caneelicd, 13 Apr SECRET, eteo oF-7T65a0F-7b56 {22} 3-3} ieily Ddery, 157, 142, 153 i (21) (23)von, aevure cD ena cccocttod cone.zte me , . - . +