ANNEX "B" TO APPENDIX "A"
UNDERSTANDINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS RE DATA IN
CJTF-7 _OPERATTONAL REPORTS FOR PUBLIC REPORTING
1. To carry out the purposes of the Joint AEC-DOD Public
Information Plan for Operation HARDTACK and specify the data
required, the Commander, JTF-7 has been requested to provide
in his operational reports the following information:
a. Details of any search report other than "all
clear" should be transmitted at once and should
include the facts on whether a vessel or plane
was found in or outside the danger area; time;
location with reference to the danger area; size
and type of vessel or plane with estimated number
of persons aboard; probable nationality; action
taken by JTF,
b. If for any reason, all. monitor stations
are not activated on any given shot, reasons
therefor should be transmitted,
ec, If for any reason, all scheduled monitoring
and cloud tracking flights are not carried out,
reasons therefor should be transmitted,
d. To the extent that operational sources, permit,
projected path of cloud should be transmitted and
subsequent reports should give details of any
significant deviation from the predicted path,
e. Any unexpected development requiring any
safety action -- whether or not fallout proves to
be significant -- should be reported fully, giving
numbers of persons involved, fallout readings, and
stating what action ~-- whether precautionary or
remedial -~ was taken,
f,. Principal data on the amount and distribution
of significant fallout other than reported under e,
above, including readings from the aerial surveys
and from the ground monitoring stations.
2. The Joint Office of Test Information in Washington, in
the absence of any specific mention to the contrary
in the operations reports, WILL PROCEED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT:
(a) alr and sea search was made prior to each shot and the danger
area reported officially "all clear"; (b) all monitor stations -manned and automatic -~ were activated,
and (c)
all scheduled
monitoring and cloud tracking flights were carried out as planned,
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Annex "B" to
Appendix "A"