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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Present Also Present . Thomas E. Murray Mer se Salisbur y Col, Vincent G. Huston 1: Japanese Fishing Vessel -?he General Manager referred to the newspaper accounts that 23 Crew members of a Japanese fisking vessel had suffered rad.iatim i@ury 2s a result of fall-out from the first shot in the current test series and ccad the only cable on the s&j& &at had been received from JTF-7, The Commissioners discussed tiis situation which had developed and Z’Xlicated that until accurate aecuunts of what had occurred were tec@ivee, ‘3 new public statement should be made on the subject. Mr, Hall reported that a message had been received from the ‘-mbassador to Japan and that the Department of State was eager to * 2nd instructions to Tokyo as soon. as possible. After extensive diS- “ession the Commission requested that Mr. Hall arrange to have a fnecsage sent to the Atiassadot in Tokyo which would Coatain the
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rep&$ to the Ambassador to offer his technical services and the assistance of the ABCC, b. Col. Arthur Meeks, USAF, has also been instructed to report to the Ambassador and offer c. Other countries should not have access to the ship. (To facilitate this the U. S. would offer t o d. A warning to ships has been issued. Specific information on this matter will be supplied to the The Commission al60 requested Colonel Huston to obtain (1) precise idormation regarding the decision as to what .constitutes the danger zone t.nd what warning had been posted to shipping, and (2) what statements had been made to the U, N. pertaining to atomic tests in the Marshall I6land6. : Mr, Murray said that he wished to emphasize the importance of ‘Preventing access to the vessel because of t&e ‘information that might be gained from ash samples. The Commission then discussed a propo6al by Mr. Zuckert that a remmittee of the various agencies concerned be established to make Agreed to request the Department6 of State and Defense and STF-7 to designate member6 of a committee . to study and make recommendations on developments in the
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