By 1000M an additional advisory directive was issued to all units

confireiing Rehoure This dispatch stated that cloud tracking and cther
operational flights singe H-lour indicated no radiation hazard to sume
face-oporutions of ta flight operations at any altitude south of Bikini.

Itgdviget that tho preliminary lagoon wator sampling indicated NN an~

choreges bolow safe radiation linits.

Further, it included tho Radsafa

survey«in mr/hr contamination as follows: SUG.R 45 nacimm, air strip

15, UNCLE 25,000 at 300 fcot, T..RE anchorages 3,000 at 25 feat, NN.
25. R-hour was announced for lOOCM, and that cffoctive at Rehour, re=covery spirations would bo controlled by the Radsafe CENTER of TG 7.1.

Wator

air traffic in tho vicinity of NiN anchoreges and to the air

strip was declared radsafe unrestricted provided no landings were nade

on islands other than OBOZ.

All other watcr and air traffic was do-

clared subjoct to clearance by the Radsafe CENTER.

Swimming in the

Lagoon was prohibited until furthor notice. .t Rehour, all units were
directod to cocmenco ro-ontry to NN anchoragos in accordanco with
previous planse

Due to the low yiold and the favorable observed shot day winds,

NYKOPO Flight ..blo for KOON day was postponed to K plus 1 day.

Throughout the shot day, cloud tracking wes routine and in ace
cordance with plans. Tho fcw, low intonsity, contacts nado with the
cloud did, howover, fit the forecast fall-out pattern. 8 a consc]=
quence, all Wilson flights aftor Wilson 3 wora considered unnecessary

and CTG 7.4 was notified accordingly.

Due to the high contamination in the vicinity of GZ (in the la

goon aga woll es on land), tho southwostorn portion of tho lagoon rapidly
concentrated high intengitics ovor the watcr and in the slowly flushing
channels to tho southwest. Specifically, Enirtiku Pass (off the west
end of T.RE) wes particularly prominent with a slowly flushing, high

intensity, nilky residue.

.s a consequuncs, CTG 7.3 denied use of this

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channel to all ships until furthor notice.

Based on the Wilson holding pattorn flights, no fall-cut was antici-

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patod at Eniwetok or Ujelang, This was verificd at approximately 190M
on shot day through a report received from the radsafo monitoring systcens
at Entwotok to tho effcoct that FRED, click and URSUL. wore reiding back=
ground,

In accordance with plan, the first (and fin-l) 2000K post-shot advissry

was disprtched to CINCP.CFLT. CINCP.CFLT wis informed that further advisorios would be contingent om further circumstances. Tho advisory stated

that due to the unexpected low yicld, no significant radsafe problios were
anticipated. No change wes made in the forceast 72-hour cloud trajectorios .
a3 given in the H mirms 18 hour cdviscry, ind 4 statencnt wag included that
no health hazards wore oxistcnt or forceast for surface or air routes. The

advisory further stated that no significant fall-out was cxistent or fore}
cast for populated atolls, but that NYKOPO Flight ..ble hid been scheduled
for K plus 1 day.

CINCP..CFLT was informed th:t any KOON readings in exe

ecss of 10 or/hr would be forwarded,

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