ADURESS REPLY TO:
UNITED STATES
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
NEW YORK GPUATIONS OFFICE
MANAGER OF OPERATIONS
{1 8. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
P.& BOX 30, ANSONIA STATION
TELA TURK 23, NEW YORK
AND REFER TO:
February 12, 195h
H5:ME
Mr. A, J. Breslin
c/o HQ Joint Task Force #7
APO 187 (HOW)
Fostmaster
San Francisco, California
Dear Al:
I gather from the dispatches of tha last few days that you hava
cleared the hurdle imposed by mis-shipment of the instrimanits,
{!™ glad Hartey could be diverted to help out,
My main purpose in writing is to bring you up to date on the matter
of the oil slick experiments which we call Project NICK. 1 hope thai
various dispatches pertaining to the procurement and "un-procurement"
of the various oils has not upset your routine too mchf I know lice
confusing it can be to receive the kind of information we have ceen
giving you without knowing what is going on back at the Lavoratcry,
The facts as of this minute are es follows; - By this tine you should
have received the operation instructions we planned for an esperiment
to ba held off Long Island. It will delight you to know the r: have
had 45 miles an hour winds in 15° temperatures in the last r= Joys
with little prospect for improvement.
Fresco left as scheduled in a FU but the seas were so bai that
operations were out of the question and they returned after two days,
As of now, we are attempting to conduct the experiment in the Oulf of
Mexico, but I doubt that this can be completed for pnother few days,
We do not want to say that this method of survey is feasible wiitil we
have had a successful experiment at sea, By successfu) © meen Jihat
the oil slicks will support the 100 micron iron for at laast 2h hours
end that the radiation levels from a reasonable dianeter alics (about
160 ft.) can be read from the air,
With respect to the contusion about the cil, we find that) the stendars
Navy fuel is a satisfectory alternative to our earlier spec: fications,
This fuel is designated as Navy Special Puel,
ONNTAE
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