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USS NICHOLAS( 225-449)
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Fleet Post Office
San Framcisco, Colifornia
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Commanding Officer
Commmder Task Group 7,3
Subj:
Radsafe Survey 8-11 March 1954
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20 Mar 54
The Task Group 7.1 survey party ond Mr, Marion Vilds, trust Territory
representative, errived Ronzelsap at 0745, 8 Merch and bocrded VICHOLS
Shortly theresfter, “Working pirties, as indicated in Commander Joint Tesk
Force SEVEN disprtch 0604002, were made available to Dr, Scovillc's party.
Dr. Scoville informed the Commanding Officer thet all reports of gam.
intensitites wd other scientific data would be reported only to Comuarder
Joint Task Force SEVEr. He specifically requested that no othsr com ands
be made information addresses, Drily disprtches indicating results of
ReadSef: survey on each xtoll, ori inated by Dr. Scoville, were addressed
accordingly.
On debarkizg at Sniwetok at Of30, 12 March Dr. Scoville's
party tromsported il] ecrth ond water sampl<s to Parr: Island.
2.
‘The following islands, in xtolls, Were visited,
Mr, “ilds accomp-nied
working parties eshore on all ex-inhaoitated isl-nds where nitive property
wis secured as directed by him
a.
Ronzeleap Atoll; 8 and 11 iiorch 1952:
(1) Rongelap Island:
(2) Native houses were closed up ond property left in the
open, thet could be ruined by wecthur, wis moved inside,
(bd) One dog and three cats were killed as possible moncce
to livestock.
(c)
One thirty foot sailing schoon-r was benched sbove hich
water mark and filled with sca water.
« shod nlony; with s-ils,
Masts wers unshipped and pleac.d in
(d) Two sacks of rice ond five sacks of flour were opened ard
pleced outside as feed for pizs and chickens,
(e) Buckets, p-ns and large clwm shells were pliced undcor
enves of houses to provido drinking water for livestock,
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