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1. Originalot thti redpttob signedPWDOMUYby molpient snd returned to 8. TripliaAtito be mtdned by smder in mJIXUMW. jndc[~titi(,d [blx)ve, I assume full rcsponrdbiiity for tbe ~fo handling, storage, smi transmittal elso- :IGNAII;ti Of COURIER SIGNATURE OF RECIPIENT
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ATOMIC ENERGY COMM fSSICJN I gather from the dispatches of the 1.a6t few days tljat j ou hove cleared the hurdle imposed by m.is-ehipmmt of the inst. [~irlloli~~. ‘f~m gl~~ Harley could be divertedto help out. My main purposein writing 16 b bringyou up to date on Lhe matter of the oil slick experimentswhich we call ProjeotNICK. 1 hopfithat, variousdispatchespertainingto the Frowrernmt end Wn-procuramsntn of the variousoils haa not upset your routinetoo mchl L krmw IICW confusingit can be to receiw the kind oi’informationwe havw been givingyou without knowingwhat i~ goingon back at the La’bOrattciyO have receimd the operationinstructionswc plannedfor an experiment to be held off Long Island. It will delightyou to know ih% T: hrive had 45 miles an hour winds in l~” temperaturesin t,he1~~~.fCn J7YS with little pxospect for ili~pr~ven~ents Fresco left as scheduledin a FC but the seas were so bod (hat operationswere out of the questionand they returnednft~r two dP+-S* We do not want to say that this method of survey is f6asi. bla ~iiit,l.1,XG
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at 5# a gallon in the .ForwardArea. The questionof how to lay the oil slzck troublesus. Until we hnve had an experimenton the open water, we wonrt know how much oil will be requiredbut we think it will be between25 and 50 gallons pm’ slick. W@ need ideas on how to lay the oil and in MM connection 1. How adequateis the knowledgeof ocean currentsin the area, @nd when and where must the slicksbe Iazd in order to have them downwind in the region of expectedfallout at the proper t-o 20 Is the schex fe-ible fremthepoint of view of the nmchenical If our experimenton the open water is a failure,we will notifyyou promptlyami the deal is off. If the experimentis successful, of obtainingfailoutmeasurementsin the downwindregionfrcun50 to 300 miles and will request that every effort be made b obtain data, Thd shot schedulesbeing what they are, there is no urgency~bcntt includingthis program for the first shot or two althoughit will certainlybe desirableto obtain data for as many shots as possible. Perhapsyou have begun to considerthe techniquesof laying tho 0S17 Could the oil be loaded into empty mine cases and drcppedrechanicall.y I have not as yet made definite plans to come out,but if 1 do, if will be towardsthe end of March, Should an urgencydevel(l in your Eest regardsto YOU and },~ala
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