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30 March 1954
MEMORANDUBM FOR: CJTF SiVin
SUBJZCT:
l.
DDZ Trio to Rongelép atoll, 26 March 1954
Reference CTF SEVEN DTG 2302202 March 1954.
trip, conducted by USS NICHOL: S$ (DDS 449) was to:
Purpose of subject
a.
Beach small boats belonging to Rongelap Marshallese.
b.
Conduct radsafe re-survey of Rongelap.
c. Collect approximately 500 pounds contaminated top soil reQuested by ai Division of Biology and »edicine.
2.
d.
Collect samples of Marine life and vegetation.
e.
Collect domestic animals remaining at Rongelap village.
The undersigned acted as JTF SEVEN and TG 7.1 representative
and was responsible 1or execution of 1b and le.
Synce the NICHOL.S will
mks @n overzll report, and detailed reports on ld and le will be made
by the project officers concerned, the details in this report ars confined to lb and lec.
3.
It is noted that the scope of activities lb and ld ws more
limited than had originally been plénned.
ss will be clear from the re--
port of the NICHOL.S, this was because 26 harcn became Rel after the work
started.
Thanks mainly to ths excellent planning and management of Cept.
Joseph Eliot and axscutive O.ficer Cliiford Frink, much mors wés 2ccomplished than might reasonably have been expected under thess= circumstances.
ic -nd le were accomplished essentially as planned, but la had to be
omitted.
L.
The radsafs ra-survey was conducted by Mr. P.R. Schiavone of TG
7.1, TU-7, using two recently calibrated AN/PDR-39 instruments.
Readings
on Rongélap Island were taken during the morning and on ths other islands
during ths aft-rnoon of 26 March.
coPieD/ 00g
LANL RG
Island
mr/hr
Ronrelap
40 at C830 at standard position <zstab-
Bosezh
50 South end
Eniaztok
go
Labardj
Kabell<
ENCLOSURE (5)
lished by Scoville Survey
200
500
= SS
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