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TO: W. B. REYNOLDS
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April 17, 1956
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As you know, Special Air Mission flights originate out of Travis Air Force
Base.
The military and AEC require that helicopters be in the air at the
time of SAM flight take-offs and maintain the aircraft within visual distanee until the plane is beyond the Golden Gate Bridge.
Helicopters will
be dispatched from Travis and Hamilton Field.
The military and AEC claim they do not have competent radiological safety
personnel available and, therefore, asked UCRL to assign one employee to
each helicopter.
The purpose is to provide competent technical direction
in the event the SAM flight should crash and there is contamination.
Personnel in helicopters could, in theory, approach the area and assume
control of ground activities.
There will be quite a number of these flights apparently and it is my
understanding that members from the Health Chemistry and Health Physics
groups would be passengers. William Clark and Joseph Cochran are the
“first UCRL people to engage in this mission.
Very likely the individual personal life insurance would be placed in
jeopardy and we do not have authority to cover them with Lloyd's policy.
In the event of a disaster these men may be candidates for consideration
under the welfare clause.
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