® ent Co}. R. I. Schnittke © -2- April U1, 1957 Conclusion: The use of Taongi as a test site would probehly have | no greater effect upon the Japanese tuna fleet or contamination of the ocean than the use of Eniwetok-Bikini. A great many birds would be killed at Taongi but there is not sufficient information in the literature to determine if this may mean the extinction of a species, ~ ‘aor Distribution: Copies 1A and 5A to Col. Schnittke 3A, 4A, to B&M Files 6A to BMB Reading Files . 77 a re oe ty indict+:ate aie : —— > cD on cm re United,States , eer ee: f. wa+ aeth St “im t5 wares=