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assist them in taking safety measures.
The monitors also
will train Marshallese medical practitioners and health
aides in basic emergency measures.
Emergency Planning
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As a result of the monitoring procedures described
above, the Task Force will have warning should an unexpected
wind shift carry the cloud toward an inhabited area, and
also will receive information by radio on the levels of
radioactivity on the inhabited atolls.
It is not expected that there will be need to
move any of the inhabitants at any time during the test
series.
However, as a precaution, complete plans have
been prepared for transporting persons from populated
atolls in the event that such action were considered advis-—
able.
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