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z Y EEEEE RECEIVED INDE SUCSCOT 104 0392210 FM SAC DISASTER CONTROL TEAM THULE AB SRNLD RUWTHRA/LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB DR WRIGHT LANGHAK LOS ALAMOS NK RUEDDBA/8AF DXI WESTOVER AFB MASS FOLLOWING UNCLAS AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN MSG 3175, 081730Z FEB 68, IS RETRANSMITTED FOR YOUR XNFOs QUOTE. SUBJECT: B-52 CRASH? DANISH SCIENTISTS RETURN FROM GREENLAND REF DEPT EL 111170 I. SIX DANISH SCIENTISTS ARRIVED AT COPENHAGEN AIRPORT FROM
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PAGE 2 RUCSCDT 104 UNCLAS E F I 0 GREENLAND ABOUT MIDNIGHT LASH NIGHT, THEY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE AIRPORT; PROF. KOCH WAS THE PRINCIPAL SPOKESMAN OF THE GROUP, WHOLE TONE OF CONFERENCE WAS LOW KEY, REFLECTED UNDER STAND ING OF US. PROBLEMS AND WAS FRIENDLY TOWARD U. S. 2. HE STATED GREENLANDERS ARE FULLY INFORMED OF SITUATION, BOTH AS TO HAZARDS AND REASONS FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS. 3. HIS STATEMENT DESCRIBED ATTEMPT S TO CLEAN UP DEBRIS, SAID TESTS WERE BEING MADE OF ICE, WATER, £V,, DESCRIBED ALL THINGS AS THIS WOULD TAKE HE DID NOT KNOW« 4. QUESTIONED ABOUT RADIO ACTIVITY HE SAID: "THERE IS NO DANGER AND THE RADIATION IS FIXED." HE DESCRIBED THE NATURE OF PLUTONIUM, ASSURED PRESS THAT PARTS OF ALL FOUR BOMBS HAVE BEEN FOUND AND SAID NO ONE COULD SAY FOR CERTAIN WHAT NAY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE HOLE BURNED INTO THE ICE. HE DESCRIBED SHIPPING OF JADIOACTIVE MATERIAL TO U.S. AND STORAGE OF CERTAIN LARGE PARTS OF WRECKAGE AT THULE. 5* HE AGAIN MADE CLEAR THAT IT WAS A DANISH CONTRACTOR’S REGULATION THAT KEPT WORKERS FROM TALKING TO REPORTERS AND HE
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FACTOR IN "HID INS RADIOACTIVITY." HE SAID A THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE NOW WORKING IN AREA AND NOT ONE HAS SUFFERED ANY ILL EFFECTS FROM S.. HE PRAISED PROF LANGHAM AND OTHER AMERICAN SCIENTISTS. 7. 'QUESTION OF CONTAMINATED SHR IMP WAS DISMISSED AND AM EAST GERMAN STATEMENT WARNING OF DIRE DANGERS OF FISHING IN GREENLAND WATER WAS MET WITH LAUGHTER AM) NOT -ANSWERED. 8. PROF KOCH SAID THAT WORK BETWEEN AMERICAN AND DANISH SCIENTISTS