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Assistant General Manager for Military Application ATTN : Captain William W. Gay, USN DECLASSIFICATION OF UNAh~O~CED ATMOSPI~RIC TESTS CONDUCTED AT ENWETOK .“ Division of Operational Safety, t~e Comission has declassified the’ fact of occurrence of the following ei~ht previously unannounced Eniwetok shots so that radiological survey reports revealing existen&e may be declassified: No specific announcement of the existence of the events is planned and no other information concerning t~~eshots> such as their yields, is included in this declassification action. Because of ‘the complex circumstances connected with the plans being formulated for the possible return of the atoll to its native inhabitants, no public release concerning the status of those plans concerning the eight listed events w!:ichhas been declass~fled IS s“imilar to that provided in “The Effects of Nuclear Weapons” for other unclassified tests. This information is listed below. It.will be used only in answer to inquiries or for incidental use in technical papers.
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Date Time Location Under the circumstances that exist, collection of samples may be conducted on an unclassified basis with the understanding that all those engaged in the collection would be subject to control measures that would preclude the “removal of unauthorized material from-the atoll. Such measures as are taken for the protection of the health and safety of the individuals involved may also be adequate for the aforementioned purpose. Samples may be shipped to the analytical laboratories on an unclassified basis. However, the analysis and the results of the analysis are considered classified Confidential Restricted Data until a classification classified information concerning the design or functioning of the weapons which produced the samples. By arrangemcnta the classification review ,’ will be performed by the Classification Office at the Livermore Laboratory. In ,!he event that it is determined that any sample analysis reveals ./ c~assified information, the analysis and the sample analyzed shall be “d~ass~.fledat the level appropriate to the classification of the