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BOX No. 67
UNITED STATES
TOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
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13 June 1947
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MEMORANDUM TO:
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Bikini Scientific Ke-survey under Navy Auspices
The following additional information was developed today. Dr. Stafford
Le Warren informed me of the following conversations with Commander Revelle
and Lt. Cormander Guilfillan.
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Drs. Overstreet and Jacobson will not be forced to accept
assipnments on the Bikini mission against their best judgment and desires
in the matter. My recommendation in the earlier memorandum dated 10 June
covering these two men appears to be a fair compromise.
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Dr. Warren telephoned Dr. Karl 2. Morgan, of Monsanto Clinton
Laboratory at Oak kidge in the presence of Lt. Commander Guilfillan and ascertain-
ed that Dr. Morgan could release three men from the laboratory for the Bikini
mission.
The men are Dr. Forest Western, rhD in Physics, Dr. John Roberson,
PhD in Physics, and Kalph Firminhac, M.S. in Chemistry (an instrument man).
All three men are in the section headed by Dr. Morgan at the Clinton
Laboratories. Dr. Morgan indicated that they may be able to borrow enough
measuring equipment and accessories to take with them to Bikini to do the
job desired by the Navy. However, exact information on the latter point
won't be known until they board the ship.
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Dr. Warren also indicated that Dr. kichard Foster, a fish biologist
at Hanford concerned with the fish propramn at thot location and on the
contractor's payroll (GE), could and should be added to the University of
Washington group (Dre Donaldson).
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Dr. Donaldson's group consisting of about ten people from the
University of Washington would go to study plant life and fish biology.
Dr. Warren indicated that Revelle and Guilfillen would use the three
men from Clinton Laboratories to perform plutonium and fission products
chemistry by partitioning the samples with chemical separations, take
measurements with the counter equipment, and establish the ratio between
the product and fission products while at Bikini.
It was expected to do
all these things on board the ship in the laboratory space provided.
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