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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHATRHAN
UNITED. STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
Joint Task Force 132, operating for the Department of Defense
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and the United States Atomic Energy Commission has concluded the |
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third series of weapong.development tests at Eniwetok Atoll.inTee
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the Marshall Islands. ‘\fhis sories was carried on under the code
name IVY¥;] Like the GREENHOUSE series 1951, it was designed to
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further the development of various types of weapons releasing
the energy resulting from the fission of hoavy elementsandthe
fusion of light elements. Unlike GREENHOUSE tha TY Serics contained’ no experiments relating to offects of the detonations on
structures, equipment or experimental animals.
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Scientific executives for the tests heve expressed satis~- .
faction with the results. The leaders and members of the military
and. civilian. components of the Task Force have accomplished a
remarkable feat of precision in planning and operations and have
the commendation of the. Department of Defense and the Atomic Encrgy
Commission. ;General Clarkson, tho Commander, and-Dr. Craves, the
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_seientific:Deputy.Commander, will soon issuc a public statement © 3,
commenting in more detail on. the contributions. of the various ~~
components ¢of the Task Forces)
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In the presence of threats to the peace of the world and in
the absence of effective and enforceable arrangements for the
éontrol of armaments, the United States Government must centinus
its studies looking tovard the development of these vast cnergics
for the defense of the free world.
At the same timc, this
purposes of mankind.
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Government is pushing with wide and growing success its studics
directed toward utilizing these cnergics for the prceductive
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The tests were conductbed ‘inder’ full sccurity restrictions of
the Atomic Energy Act and’ no further facts coneorning thera will ‘be 7:
issuer. oublicly..
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