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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

JOINT OFFICE OF TEST INFORMATION
Washington 25, D. C.

No.

Tel,

A-167(J-14)

HAzelwood 7-7831
Ext. 3446

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NOTE TO EDITORS AND CORRESPONDENTS

Following is the text of an announcement issued to the news

wire services at 9:40 P.M.

(EDT), Saturday, June 28, 1958:

"A nuclear test detonation took place at 7:30 A.M., June 29,

1958, Eniwetok time (3:30 P.M., (EDT), June 28, 1958) at the

Eniwetok Atoll.
The test was part of the HARDTACK nuclear
weapons test series underway at the Eniwetok Proving Ground.”

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