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STANDARD FORM NO, 64

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DATE: February 9, 1956

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SUBJECT: FALLOUT STUDIES AT OPERATION REDWING

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This is to advise you that as you requested in your note of

December 8, The Division of Biclogy and Medicine by memorandum
dated December 9, 1955, Dunham to Starbird, requested that
certain changes in the Redwing schedule be undertaken in order

to obtain maxinum fallout datae

As you have already been advised —

the Test Organization stated it was unable to comply with this
request because of the effect it would have on the test program

as a wholes When the Division learned that some time later the
Test Organization had added an entire new shot of very high yield

to be fired on a barge in the lagoon, we again requested considera~

tion for placing such a shat’ on lande

A meeting was held in

General Starbird's office on January 26 with Dr. Claus and Merril

Kisenbud present, following which the Test Organization was asked
to commente Attached is a copy of the correspondences It now

appears that the Test Organization once again finde 2)éypospieleyrs

to comply with our requeste

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