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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
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Jone 23, 1947
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: John A, Derry, Assistant te the General Manager
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My conversatien with Commander Revelle last Thursday led te
an agreement with him that it would be necessary te do some radiochenical
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work at Bikini in order te make the sampling process Satisfactery.
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did not, hewever, lead te a firm cenvictien that the everall program was
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tion for the operation was not completely clear and the statement that
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justifiable from the point of view ef Commission support.
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the Navy and MLC approved the eperatien did net te my mind clarify it.
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The main argument was based on obtaining data which could be extrapelated = "x
to other harbors. I am very doubtful whether this can be done, no matter
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how much detailed infermation becomes available en Bikini. Although I em” % Ny
qaite willing to admit that it would be very nice to have detailed informanfest
tien, I have the uneasy feeling that a considerable amount ef work may be
expended in this task without very concrete results in regard to future
tactical use, —
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I would further point ent that it is not at all clear and I
have Seen no detailed information concerning the program as to how the
results are to be obtained, whose responsibility it is, the number of
man-hours required, the length of time the investigation is to be carried
on after the survey at Bikini proper, and how the coordination between —
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biologists, oceanographers, physicists, and radiochemists is to be achieved ..4
after the expedition for the purpose ef contimuing analysis ef samples and |x:
@oordination ef results. I have the feeling that the task could become
very involved, that the responsibility of the Commission would be alnest
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unending, and that it could well interfere in a serious manner with the
other objectives of the Commission.
It would be my recommendation that the Commission Suppert the aa
project in principle, but that it exert no pressure on its contractors te “Hse
Supply personnel to carry out the operations, This is particularly true ="
with reupect te radlochenists, =
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Div. of Research
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