person throughout the off-site area saw at least one film and listened to
at least one discussion by monitors.
This was accomplished through civic
clubs, schools and PTA and other groups."
According to the AEC, one person
in a town which had been shown the AEC movie “Atomic Energy," attended by
sixty persons,
had remarked,"There must be some fine people at the test site,
since they were taking such precautions even in a small place like Goldfield,"
Several thousand miles to the west of Goldfield, Nevada, was the Pacific
Proving Grounds
(PPG),
What information that has been made available to the
Committee indicates that there was no public relations policy for the
Marshallese.
There were no monitors living in the villages, attending PTA
meetings and church services, or showing movies about Atomic Energy to the
people.
There were, however, emergency instructions to be followed in case
of fallout contaminating the islands.
It is reproduced here because of its
relatively short length.
“RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT AND
"RADSAFE EMERGENCY
ITS EFFECTS ON MAN
INSTRUCTIONS FOR POPULATED
475
ISLANDS
"1.
The commander, JTF-7, has designated a representative for each
off-site location outside the PPG.
For the populated islands near the PPG,
the representative is responsible for the radiological safety of the local
population and the members of the task force.
"2,
The representative of the task force commander is provided guidance
as follows:
(a)
The Marshallese magistrate and irou if on hand and the
Marshallese health aid and council on each atoll or island should be
assured that every precaution has been taken to prevent exposure of
the natives to radiation hazards resulting from fallout.
The representative will consult with the local magistrate to
{b)
a method exists whereby all residents of an atoll may be
that
insure
summoned to a central location and evacuated by air or water transportation
if a fallout emergency exists.
A fallout emergency will be determined by
the commander, JTF-7; however, the local representative will assume that
a fallout emergency exists at such time as radiological survey instruments,
when held at a position 3 feet above the ground, indicate a rate of 1oxr./hr.
Should evacuation by air be necessary, baggage will be limited
(c)
to that which each individual can carry or approximately 50 pounds,
evacuation is achieved by sea or air, no animals will be evacuated,
Whether
A
tabulation of animals left behind should be made as soon as possible to
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