UNCLASSIFIED
A 5, No. 1847
October 5, 1954
Excellencys
As Your Excellency is already well aware, various issues
have been raised in this country over the thermonuclear bomb
experiments conducted at Bikini this year, and consequently, I
have the honor to mention below the wishes of the Government of
Japan regarding thermonuclear bomb experiments which the Government of the United States of America may conduct in the future, and
request that the Government of the United States of America give
sufficient consideration to this matter,
:
1. The Government of Japan wishes that the Government of
the United States will move the thermonuclear bomb testing grounds
for 1954 to another location as far as is technically possible.
2. If it is atsolutely impossible to take the above mentioned measure, it is requested that the scale of the experiments be
maintained at a minimum and that sufficient consideration also
be given to the results of the investigations conducted by the
relevant Japanese authorities onthe effects which this year's
experiments had on fish, sea currents, weather conditions and
50 forth, It is also requested that complete precautionary
measures be taken, especially so as not to endanger human lives,
and that as one of such precautionary measures, the Government
of Japan be given early notice concerning the following matters,
prior to conduct of the experiments:
(1) The dates on which the experiments are to be con-
ducted,
(2) The area of the danger zone and the period durinc
which it is designated,
(3) Conerete precautionary measures to be taken.
3. It is requested that when a thermonuclear t:'™ experiment is held and a danger zone is thus designated, tne Government of the United States of America issue sufficient compensa~
tion for losses naturally inflicted upon the Japanese fishing
industry through such experiment /th: through deprivation of
source of supply/ and in case unexpected damage is done to
Japanese nationals, full compensation be made for all such dan-
gers regardless of their locations,
It is added that the Government of Japan hopes that dis-
cussion will be held in quick order between the competent offi-
cers of both Governments regarding concrete measures to be
taken for this issue,
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration.
His Excellency
John M, Allison
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the United States of America