Dr.
John C.
Bugher, Director
Division of Biology and Kedicine,
jybr
Washington
July 29, 1953
Merril Eisenbud, Director
Health and Safety Division, MY00
CONFERENCE WITH CINCPAC STAFF — PSARL HAREOR, JULY 21-25, 1953
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On July 2h and 25 I visited CINGPAC Headquarters to discuss the
design of the fallout monitoring program to be conducted hy the
New York Operations Office in the Pacific during CASTLE,
As in the case of IVI, I developed the details of the program with
the cooperation of Commander C. R. Deller, Jr., who is on the staff
of the Fleet Operations Officer, I also met with Admire] B. K. Fhilips,
Chief of Staff, Captain Horatio Rivero, Fleet Operations Officer,
,
and Captain H. F. Shim, Air Operations Officer,
.
I took the opportunity afforded. by this visit to brief the above staff
memLers on recent developments related to the fallout problem, including the recent experiences during
sttat
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GABKIEL,
U'SHUT-KNOTHOLE and the present
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Eased on the informal concurrence of Captain livero and Comtander
Deller our planning for the Pacific phase of CASTLE survey will
proceed as follore: (idifications of the worldwide network will
be dealt vith in a separete memorandun)
GROUND KONTTO) ING
Automatic contimous recording mnitors will be installed at Truk,
Pone; 6, Kusaie, Lajuro, hongerik and Ujelang. Subject to the
availability of equipment, installations may be mede at Palm and/or
Yep. In all these places the equignent will continuovsly rnonitor
pana radiation and will count and record the concentrction of airborne
radioactive dust,
It is contemplated that the installations will be made by an NYVO
representative. In all places except Ujelenz (where the equipzent
will be unattended and battery cperwtedd LIOV AC is presumod to be
evailable and the equipnent ir to be assirned to Veather Station
personnel who will report recorded data routinely to the XYOO representative at Task Force Headquarters,
In addition to the above stations, it is known thet both NAL and
AFOAT-1 operate continuous sonitoring equi;ment at a nusber of
locations in the Pacific area.
In order to avoid unnecessary duplication
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