~——~ . € ; £39-c C “ oS JOINT TASK FORCE SEVEN Zh WK $ TASK GROUP 743 | —TU-T. . | f $3/7,3/32:nf APO 187, c/o Postmster San Francisco, a J15-9. California 0. Sert 9 593 an - th SUIS Lot 18 MAR 1954: -- 126961 a, TO: Commander Joint Task Force SEVEN rso . APO 187 (HOW); c/o Postmster ‘San Francisco, California i, Reference is made to: ; ae Paragraph5a ofAppendix I to Annex N of CJTF ‘SBIOperation: a Order 3-53. ; b. CTC 7.3 dispateh 1110157 of March 1954 (not to a1).SagaeTuas. 2. In view of reference (b), and the conference held on board USS ESTES ° on 12 March 1954, it is recommended that the Maximum Permissible Exposure (PE) of personnel of certain critical groups of Task Group 7.3 be increased to... >- ce . 7 Ute. 7.8 roentgens (a 26 weeks integration) These critical groupsy and ‘the apprex- : imate number of personnel in each, follow: = Dope ee en Helicopter pilots and plane captains - . _Boat operating personnel of TG 7,3 Boat Pool "Flight deck crew of USS BATROKO . € 30 120 1. Total 225 -- 3. -Personnel on board the USS PHILIP (DDE'498) now have the following | exposures, based on recently received reports: osures O- .999R 1-1.999R 2-2.999R - . Number of persomel = 30 7 6h 1h 3-3.999R , 4-4 99K $-54999R 9 , 26 US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Location > or a Collection 1 gayeGe 3.) Fos It is planned that in the future the PHILIP will not be in the vicinity of the shot atoll at shot tines except in encrgencies. Nevertheless, a in view of the high percentage of its personnel whose exposures have exceeded::?2°-> .~ or approached: 3.9R, it is recuested that the Maximum Permissible Exposure for” all ferscnnel, totally 263, attached to the PHILIP, be increased to veh SF 534-C Se } NASSIFICATION C¢ ANCELLED. wil ORITY OF DoF! “ope (01 €3 22¢. ~