August 22, 1964 (cont.) Collected ground water on Arji at a depth of 7', but not in large quantity. Wood, soil cores, plants, and soil samples were collected in both areas and will provide the basis for more definitive information. Palumbo: "This complex of islands is a good example of the changing patterns in vegetation as related to distance from nuclear detonations. The eastern island, Arji, contains good cover of the expected vegetation and is the only one with fruitbearing coconut trees. Some coconuts were mature, many in different stages of development. from the detonation site. was the site, apparently, tall, with Arji is the farthest On the other hand, of several 8-10' Eman, to the west, detonations and has now the least developed flora. The other islands also reflected this pattern of vegetation. The photographs will show these features better than words. Algae growth at the west end of the island chain was no less than that at the eastern end. Off Arji only Halimeéda was seen in abundance at various depths near shore and in the deeper water at the eastern tip, islands, near the deep entrance off the central large beds of algae were seen. These observations lead one to conclude that recovery of algal growth is proceeding at a good rate,"