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C! RCllMSTA!IICES AT HA NO, I AM hWARE THAT AT TIMES THEY HAVE COME MATTERS OF CONCERN TO GE!4* I)UNN. FOUR OF THE flVE HAVE OCCURREO DURI$U3 MY TENURE AS MANAGER, NV, ANO ! CAN AOORESS THEM FROM IINO CONCLUSIONS AQE BASED UPON THAI’ RESEARCH AS WELL AS OETA lLED COMPLETED, RAY LEARNED, INFORMALLY, OF A PLANNED VfS!T OF OF THE VISIT, HE JOINED THE PARTY AT KWAJALEtNANO RETAINED Two
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ESCORT AND TO It4TERP~ET TO THE MARSHALLESE THE REQUIREMENTS WHICH WE THEN SAW FOR ACTIO!4S PRECEDENT TO ANY REHABILITATION EFFORT. WON ARRIVAL AT ENIWE~OK. RAY LEARNED THAT HIS RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY PARTY HAD RETRIEVED ON RIJNIT ISLAND THREE PIECES OF DEBRIS WHICH IT WAS THEN k3ELIiiVED MIGHT CONTAIN METALLIC PLUTONIUM. THESE (F WASHINGTON FOR PRIORITY ANALYSIS, WITH A REQUEST THAT THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSISIBE REPORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UPGJ COMPLETION OF THE MARSHPiLLESE VISIT TO ENIWETOK, THE PARTY RETURNED TO KWAJALEiN AN~, WHILE THERE, ROGER RECEIVED THE REPORT HZ HAD REQUESTED. IT COti~IROIED THAT THE PARTICLES WERE ALN(3ST CERTAINLY METALLIC PLUTOthUM. KNOWING THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF THIS MATERIAL AND, THEREFORE, THAT A LARGE QuANTITY OF PLUTONIUM t%OBABLY REtiAINED ON RUNI~$ HE BECAME DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT NO \MEASURES WERE 13EING TAKEN $)R WERE AVAILABLE TO PREVENT SERIOUS AND, THROUGH THEM, PLuTOt$II)M CONTAMINATION OF ENIWETOK ISLAND wITH THE DNA PACE PROJECT O~FICER AND WITH THE SAtlTEC LIAISON CFFICER ON KWAJALEIN AND IN~ORPIED THEM THAT HE FELT 11 HIS
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A TELETYPE TO THE COMMANDING 8ENERAL. SAMTEC. AT VA MOE N8URG AS SOON qS HE REACHED HOt#LULU AND WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS TH!S MATTER BY TELEPHOMEt HE TELEPHONED THE ACTING MANAGER, UV TO TO THAT OFFICIAL WHO HAD 807M TIIIE RE$PONS181LITY AND THE AuTHORITY TO TAKE THE NECESSARY ACTIONS THE SECOND ISSUE. I UNOERSTANO~ IS OESCRIBEO AS A MEET INS OETWEEN ROGER RAY ANO BR16~ 6ENe BR{CKEL$ DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE D! SCUSSED THE MATTER OF LABORATORY ANALYT ICA4 WORKLOAD SUPPORTING
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LABORATORY CAPACITY WtlCH WAS Tt4E?14 AVAILABLE TO US WAS ALREAUY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE* WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE A OIRECT THE FEASt81Ll TY OF SUCH JiN ASSII VE OR MISSION Assignment FROM NMENT WITH SOMEONE FROM CARL CALLEO BR!CKEL ANO ASKED tF THEY MIG!iT NAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION SUBSEQUENT TO THE SEPT, 7 MEETING ON A SUBJECT. WHICH HE FELT WOULO VALSI(E WOULO SUPPORT A REQUEST FOR MCCLELLAM LABORATORY ASSITANCE? I IF ANO WHEN SUCH A WEQUEST WERE MAOE* SUBSEQUENTLY, AS YOU ARE ‘ AWARE? A FORMAL REQUEST ORt Gl NATED BY ME WAS PASSED THROUGH DMA
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I AS A GOOD STAFF OFFICER tll#2UL0, WHAT WAS Li!(ELY TO BE THE 1. 10 THE ATOLL* I ASSUME THAT THAT EVACUATION !$ NOT IN QUESTION*, I f?ECONNAt SANCE IN FORCE 10 IIETERM!NE WHETHER TME SURVEY PROGRAM i ON TAPE* THE I) E?AS7URE OF ALL AEC ANO DNA PERSONNEL FROM I PROJECT PERSONNEL AT TMAT T !ME. THE TIME OF OEPART’WRE FROM
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DO NOT HI W PRO!)UCT IVE AT THAT LO Canton, HE WAS AWARE Qf SEVERE COMPETITION FOR SPACE ON MAC FLIGHTS FROM UWAJI!(.E!N 10 HONOLULU AND wAs AWARE ALSO of THE FAcT THAT A w pA8sEN6ER FLIGHT m RAO 10 RELAY TO THE COAST GUARD STATION AT E%I! YE, THENCE ?’0
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~ ROUTE, HE PASSED I?ISTRUCTIONS TO HAVE ALL M#MBERS OF HIS SURVEY TEAM WHO COULD BE ACCOMMODA?EO MANIFESTED ON THft MAC FllGttT FOR THAT tN SOME WAY THIS INSTRUCTION WAS INTERPRETED TO APPLY ALSO 9HA ENGIMEER INS WRVEY AND THAT. AS A CON fXQUEt+CEt ,THEY 700 ERE A80AR0 THE MAC FLIGHT TO HONOLULUg UOGE?*S JUDGMENT 1!! RETljRNtilG HIS SURVEY PERSONNEL TO HONOLULU WAS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS AUTHORITY ANO RE$PONSIBILIT’Y AT THE Ttt4Ee KNOWING THE FACTS THAT HE THEN MAO AT HAND* I ENOORSE HIS OECI$ION AS A Wf$E ONE* SUBSEQUENT EVENTS, OF COURSE, HAVE COMPLETELY AS A FOURTH MATTER * I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN Cf?\TIC\$M OF f?AYOS UPON XETURN TO KWAJALEIM 0!4 OCT. 25, ROGER RECEIVEQ A TELEPHONE CALL THAT HAG 36 IYAS COUIMITTHI TO PROV IDE HE(.I COPTER SUPPO~T AT EN IWETOK COMMENCING ABOUT NOV. 1- COto ROB I WON HAD HEARO Tt4AT THE SURVEY WAS
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I M SOME O t FF?CULTY OUE TO TYPMOON OLGA A NO ASKED WHETHER MllG 36 SHOULD CONTINUE WITH ITS DEPLOYMENT PLANS* ROGER All VISEO THAT, IN Ht$ JUOGMENT$ 11 WAS DOUBTFUL THAT THE M{SSION COULD BE ACCOMMODATED &7 ENIWETOK FOR THE C!+93 HELICOPTERS T(3 STAGE FROM KWAJALEI?4 ANO ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD BE REASOMABLE~ tN t. 16HT OF THE FACT, FOR TMEM TO COME AHEAO ON RECE !VE THEM, ME 1 NO !CATEO THAT HE HAD ALREADY ASKEO KWAJALE IN TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUEST ?ON, ROGER AOVISEO L?. CCiL= ROB tN$O14 THAT HE COULD NOT A NO WOULD NOT MOO IFY Ttll? EXt ST$NG DEPLOYMENT A?40 SUPPORT 8EQUEST BUT TH8T HE WOULD SEE TO IT THAT AN APPROPRIATE MOD fFICATtOM TO TME REQUEST WAS SENT 70 CINCPAC* LATE THAT SAME EVEWING ~ CSPT ldCtlYEl? OF TliE FIRST MAR I NE A 1?? WIM Ill JAPAN TELEPHONED RAY AT KW!AJA!.EIN COMMll NICATf ONS WITH THE HELICOPTER WESOURCESC THE FOLLOWING OAY~ HOW. EVER , HE RECE}VEO AN t NFORMATION COPY OF A FIRST MAR INE AIR WtNG !4E$SAGI! EXTENT OF STORM OAMAGE AT ENIQfETOK* HE, THEREFORE, ORIGINATED A
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THE STORM 0AUA6E I !!FORUATfON, HE REQUESTED h COORD I NAT I!J!G MEETING WAS MAf?E AN INFO ADDRESSEE ON THAT MESSAGE. ON THE SAME MORNIW? RAY PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH, TMJ$ THE MESSAGE FROM RAY 10 C!?4CP8C WA$ NOT IIIU SOON AFTER IT WAS D lSPATCHED~ THE FIFTH fTEM& I UNDEl?STANNDt HAS TO 00 WITH WliA1’ IS SEEN TO BE A 8TRETCHOOUT IN THE AEC SURVEY PROGRAM* THE PROGRAM FOR THE F1E113 SUt?VEY,A$ YOU ARC AWAREt i$ AN AEC PROGRAM PURSUANT TO YOUR DIR ECTi VE TO ME* TIiE SCHEDULE WAS IJEVELOPECI BY NV 70 OPT$MIZC THE USE OF THE RESOURCES WE WI BEEN fUt?Nt SHEO OURt NG A TIME WINDOW WHICH
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THE SUPPORT REQuIREMENTS. IN EARLIER ME SSA8ES, t HAVE AW’IRES$EO THE i .:?! y;,.:, ONA CONCERN OVER THE DELAY I N THE SOIL SURVEY PROGRAM ANO ITS IMPACT CIPATED Tt?AT THE SOIL SURVEY RESULTS COULtl HAVE ANY TIMELY AND MEANING* THERE WERE, 1 AM’, INFORMED, NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS ON KWAJALEINwtTH SCIiERUimE DNA MIGHT ADOPT, THE REVISION OF THE 8CHEOULE fOR THE PROPER MATTER FOR ROGER TO RECOMMEMO WITHIN HIS OWN C(3WMAN0 CHANNEL AND I HAVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HEARD AN ALLE6A?ION THAT ROGER RAY HAS
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W1l.L SHO# THAT 16 MONTHS AGO HE WROTE A LETTER WHICH MY PREOECE$80R PROBLEM I THAT HE HAS BEEN PERSONALLY AWARE Of THE 8fiO&!l iMPtm b CATIONS OF EVEN SEEMINGLY TRtVt AL ACTIONS, HE HAS ON MORE TMAN ONE :,. .....??..,4 FOR ALL OF OUR ACT IONSO A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEW THE INTERAGENCY GROUP;-,f-..:-,:;....~.,f$v<y,:,. THE 6000 SENSE ANO THE SENSITIVITY TO ASK THE R16HT QuESTION AND SUGGESTED THAT I CALL CARROLL, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE PRESS RELEASE MAWAI1 COURTS, AIIU), wHEN THE PRESS RELEASE WA$ FINALLY SENT TO ROGER IN HONOLULU WITH INSTRUCTIONS (EMANATING FROM JOHN HARRIS* OFFf CE) TO RELEASE IT TO THE HONOLULU NEWSPAPEI?$ ANO WIRE SERVtCE$t ME WAS DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR IN WAGHI ffi TON. RAY HAS uNOOU8TEOLY WADE SOME MISTAKES tPJ ATTEMPTING To OEVELQPS FIELD AMO DIRECT THIS UOST OIFFI CULT EFFORT WHICH WAS AUTMORtZED LESS
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THAt4 TwO MONTHS AGO, BUT 1 wISH TO ASSURE YOU Of MY CONFIDENCE TfiAT AT NO TIME HAS HE DELIBERATELY OR EVEN ?(NOWINGt.Y IIISREGARIIEO I ASKEI) LCOI? BROWN wHETHER HE FELT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SlCt4t FlCANT THESE TMIN6S GET TO WASHINGTON THEY GET BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION, I HAVE NO l?ECOMME?lOfi TtON W{TH WHICH TO END THIS MESSAGE, BUT t TRuST THAT tT WILL BE HELPFUL TO YOU IN APPRAISING THE MANNER OF THE PROSECUTION OF THE WNIWETOK SURVEY TASK.