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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
JOINT OFFICE OF TEST INFORMATION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
No.
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(J-7)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HAzelwood 7-7831
(Monday, May 26, 1958)
Ext. 3446
NUCLEAR TEST DETONATION ANNOUNCED
A nuclear test detonation took place at 2:00 P.M., May
26, 1958, Eniwetok time (10:00 P.M., May 25, 1958, ED?) at the
Eniwetok Atoll.
The test is part of the HARDTACK nuclear weapons
test series underway at the Eniwetok Proving Ground.
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