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Of f i e of the General Counsel Dear Doctor Shirley: This is in reply to your letter of 25 June 1986 which was folwarded for my response by David F. Bwry of the U.S. Anm Control and D is a mmm nt Agency. operation CASTLE is sumnarized in the enclosed fact sheet and is f d l y detaild i n the Defense Nuclear Agency's (DNA) report 6035F, Opration Castle, 1954 which is available for review a t any of the libraries i n the enclosed tacilitaes list. his volm, is also available for purchase fran the National Technical 1nforn-ation Service (NTIS) a t a cost of $40.95. Their address is: National Technical Infonmtion Service io 5285 Port Royal Road gu) Additional publications concerning Operation CASTLE are available through the 0 Coordinatim and Information Center (CIC) , Ids Vegas, Nevada and through mIS. Enclosed is an infomtive panphlet wnceming CIC which details how to obtain materials fran than. Also attached is a list of the reports available at m s . Wing Operation CASTLE, a group of 28 mi can s and 239 Marshallese were inadvertently expsed to fallout. PpFOraxlma' t e l y 40 of the Marshallese V i e n c e d nausea, six of whau re- vaniting and diarrhea. None of the other exposed people re- any definite gastrointestinal symptcms. of the bbrshallese a d Americans suffered fran burrring of the eyes and itching of the skin fran one to three days. Ailingnae Islands (t0tdl.m' g 82 people) espwienced skin lesions of varying severity. The m i c a n s Welopea minor unulcera- skin lesions. All of the lesions in both groups healed quickly. Various blood changes m e definitely noted m g the Marshallese on Roqelap and Ailinqnae Islands as w e l l as amng the group of -sed m i c a n s . Between the 27th and 42nd pst-expsure days, an epidemic of u p respiratory diseases (W) struck over half of the Marshallese on i?mgelap and Ailingnae Islands. Further info m tion on the Marshallese and the effects of the fallout is also available through the enclosed list fran CIC. survey of D m r l w x d' Atolls Contaminated by BRAW for your jnfonmtion. The Marshallese on Rongelap and Also included is a Radiological
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I hope the above information has been helpful CASTLE Fact Sheet NTIS List Of CASTLE reports CIC List of CASTLE reports