Chapter 5 PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS of RESIDUAL EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION The 16 Marshallese who were evacuated from Rongelap by plane were monitored four times during the initial decontamination procedures on 3 March. The names of these individuals are preceded by an asterisk in Table 5.1. A single reading was made at Kwajalein on 3 March of each of the 66 Marshallese who evacuated from Rongelap and Ailinginae via destroyer. These readings appear in the fourth column under 3 March in Table 5.1. . On 4 March decontamination procedures were continued and the external contam-~ ination of the Marshallese was reduced from 5.0 to 40.0 mr/hr to 2.0 to 10.0 mr/hr. The readings made on 11 March and subsequently were made by Project 4.1 during the latter phase of the decontamination procedures. Pa cy an Cc 2 cn 22