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HEADQUARTERS
TASK GROUP TVehy PROVISIONAL
APO 187, c/o Postmster
San Francisco, California
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18 March 1954
SUBJECT:
Official AEC Announcement Regarding Operations at the Pacific
Proving Ground
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All Personnel
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1,
An official announcement was mde by the ABC on 11 March 1954
"During the course of routine atomie tests in the Marshall
Islands, 28 US Personnel and 236 Residents were transported from neighboring atolls to Kwajalein Island according to plan as-a precautionary
measure.
activity.
These individuals were unexpectedly exposed to some radioThere were no burns,
All are reported well.
After completion
of the atomic tests, they will be returned to their homes,"
2. No information beyond the content of the official AEC Announcement is to be made public by statements, letters, interviews or conver-
sations.
The provisions of Security Memorandum Number 2, Headquarters
Joint Task Force SEVEN, dated 11 February 1954 remiin in effect in regard
to all other information,
when they are mde,
Future public statements will be distributed
BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER,
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