244 UPTON: . DASA 2019-2 Did the people wear respirators ‘oing this job? LANGHAM: Someof them did, some didn't. Most of the respirators were surgical masks, ana if it did something for your psychology to wear one, you were privileged to wear one. [t wouldn't do you any good in the way of protection but if one felt better, we let them wear it. We ran into such psychological problems. The manual says you will dress up in coveralls, booties, cover your hair, wear a respirator, wear gloves, That's what the manual says. So, some people tried to do this where it was possitle to find something that resembled this type of equipment, and before long this caused consternation in the village. "How come you dress up like that and you let u. walk around in the village with our street clothes on?" So, even little things like that, that I had never even thought of before, became problems psychologically, Why shouldn't we be pro- tecting them if we were doing all of thia protection in the area? Most of the time the clean up operation would hardly meet the standards of the health physics rnanuals, but [ think there was not anything wrong with this operation. EISENBUD: How soon after did you arrive? LANGHAM: I guess I got there at about noon on the third day, something like that. ; : FREMONT-SMITH: Where were you when you started? LANGHAM: I was in Washington, FREMONT-SMItH: WARREN: A good place! Did you go home first? . LANGHAM: No, [didn't go home, They to!d me to proceed to Madrid, and I didn't even have a passport, I was in Spain all of this time without a passport, only a pair of pajamas and a shaving kit. They did give mea little gear. I stayed only five days and came home. I was home four days and they sent me back for five weeks. When I arrived it was obvious there was no real health problem, , This was not a heaith problem. The psychology, economics, international agreement, chese are things with which I claim no competence whatsoever. So, at the end of five days ! came home only to be sent: back, assigned to the American Embassy, when negotiations were started.