Note: All underlined, italicized and bold lettering is done for emphasis and are not original to the text. The comment section is my understanding, analysis and opinion on the information.
Bikini Report Ban Denied by President Washington, December 2 (1948) (UPI)
“Pres Harry S. Truman Thursday said Bradley Dewey was mistaken in suggesting the White House had suppressed a final report on the atomic tests at Bikini. Mr. Truman told his news conference that Secy. of Defense James V. Forrestal had cleared that up some time ago. He (Truman) apparently referred to a defense statement saying Forrestal had recommended the report be withheld for reasons of national security.
Dewey, a civilian member of the evaluation board at Bikini, recently called for publication of the final report. In an article, Monthly, Dewey said this would be a step to prevent a future war. The article said the report “has been sleeping at the White House” for months.
Asked about Dewey’s statement, Mr. Truman said Dewey is just mistaken, that’s all. Immediately after publication of Dewey’s article the Defense Department issued a memorandum saying in part:
‘After consultation with the State Department, Secy. Forrestal forwarded the report to the President with the recommendation that it be withheld from publication for the present in view of the probably effect upon national security.’
An aid of Forrestal’s said the report was sent to the White House last April (1948).”
Original Source: Salt Lake Tribune, Dec 3, 1948, page 5. Secondary Source: NewspaperArchive.com
(COMMENT: The final report was completed on June 30, 1947 and yet the White House received it on April 1948, almost a full year later. One year and one month (14 months) after the White House received the report, Forrestal is dead. Forrestal was one of the observers of the Bikini nuclear explosions test.)
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“The Evaluation of the Atomic Bomb as a Military Weapon – the Final Report of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board for Operation Crossroads.” 30 June 1947.
(COMMENT: the following are excerpts from the document and are not necessarily in the order found in the document)
Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board:
Brereton, L.H. – Lt General , United States Army (USA); Butler, Robert G. – Colonel, USA Butler, Robert G. Jr – Colonel, USA, Acting Secretary to the Board; Clark, Glen W. – Major, USA ; Compton, Karl T. – Dr., Chairman; Dewey, Bradley; Dorry, J. A., Secretary to the Board; Farrell, T. F.; Hoover, John H. – Vice Admiral, United States Navy (USN); Ofatie, Ralph A. – Rear Admiral, USN; Page, Thorton – Dr., Symontowne, Russ; Stilwell, J. W. – General USA (deceased); Wedemeyer, A. C. – Lt. General, USA (appointed to succeed General Stilwell).
Later in the report it notes the following: “We regret the death of General Joseph W. Stilwell, an original member of the Board, who took an active part in its early deliberation. His duties have been capably discharged by Lieut. Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer, whom you (Truman?) appointed to succeed him.”
Part II – The Board’s Participation in the Tests
6. “The Board held three meetings in Washington, prior to the tests, these being on 28 February (February 28, 1946), 26 March (March 26, 1946), and 29 April (April 29, 1946). Its members and staff left Washington for Bikini Atoll 23 June (June 23, 1946) and returned on 1 August (August 1, 1946).”
Original Source: ‘The Evaluation of the Atomic Bomb as a Military Weapon – the Final Report of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation for Operation Crossroad” 30 June 1947, pages 3, 7, 9. Secondary Source: NuclearFiles.org, pages 1 and 3.
(COMMENT: General Joseph W. Stilwell went to the Bikini Atoll to observe the nuclear explosion tests on Sunday, June 23, 1946, arriving back on Thursday, Augusts 1, 1946, as he was a member of “The Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board for Operation Crossroads.” Here we have an individual General Stilwell, who has served his country with distinction and honor, and all he gets is “We regret the death of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell.” Unless, there is more of an underlying meaning to that “regret” than meets the eye.
SOO Stilwell arrives home Thursday, August 1, 1946 with a recognized marked change in his physical appearance suffering from chills, bouts of exhaustion and occasional dizziness. Within 63 days of arriving home, Stilwell has surgery, Thursday, October 3, 1946, where they discover “stomach” cancer and on Saturday, October 12, 1946, nine days after the surgery Stilwell is dead or 72 days upon his arrival from the nuclear explosion tests.)
Initial Signs and Symptoms of Radiation Sickness: “The initial signs and symptoms of treatable radiation sickness are usually nausea and vomiting. The amount of time between exposure and when these symptoms develop is a clue to how much radiation a person has absorbed
After the first round of signs and symptoms, a person with radiation sickness may have a brief period with no apparent illness, followed by the onset of new, more serious symptoms. If you have had a mild exposure, it make take hours to weeks before any signs and symptoms begin. But with severe exposure, signs and symptoms can begin minutes to days after exposure.
Possible Symptoms Radiation Exposure include: Nausea and vomiting; Diarrhea; Headache; Fever; Dizziness and disorientation; Weakness and fatigue; Hair Loss; Bloody vomit and stools from internal bleeding; Infections and low blood pressure
Source: MayoClinic.org, Radiation Sickness
San Francisco (UPI) “The ashes of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, hero of the 1942 retreat from Burma, will be scattered over the Pacific Ocean Wednesday after simple, private funeral services at his Carmel, California home.”
Original Source: Sheboygan Press, Wisconsin, October 15, 1971, “25 Years Ago Today: October 15, 1945.; Secondary Source: NewspaperArchive.com
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Part IV – Text of the Report
Section One – Operation CROSSROADS
“The Board (Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board for Operation Crossroads), finds from available figures that OPERATION CROSSROADS in the conduct of atomic bomb tests, ABLE and BAKER, held at Bikini Atoll 1 July and 25 July 1946, respectively cost the government an extra expense of 50 million dollars.”
6. “In a supplement to our first Preliminary Report which was made a part of our Second Preliminary Report we called attention to the fact that the ABLE bomb did not burst at the planned explosion point.”
8. “The tests focused the attention of the world upon the atomic bomb. They were held in the presence of a large number of correspondents (Test ABLE, 175, Test BAKER, 75) representing various media of public information.”
10. “As a result of carefully planned operating procedures and radiological safety measures no casualties resulted from explosion or radiation during or after either test and casualties from other causes were remarkably few.”
(COMMENT: Another words collateral damage.)
Section Two – GENERAL PHENOMENA
3. “One phenomenon of great importance, the base surge which appeared after the explosion of BAKER bomb, was not predicted.”
Section Four – EFFECTS UPON THE HUMAN ORGANISM
3. “Instrumental data and the results of animal experimentation at Bikini sustained the reports of Nagasaki and Hiroshima observers that the effects of an atomic explosion upon living organisms may be several fold.”
(COMMENT: It goes into the affects upon living organisms)
Original Source: “The Evaluation of the Atomic Bomb as a Military Weapon – the Final Report of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board for Operation Crossroads.” 30 June 1947, pages 3, 7, 9, 17, 18, 21. Secondary Source: NuclearFiles.org, 1, 3, 7, 9.
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(COMMENT: Explosion of ABLE conducted on July 1, 1946 did not burst at the planned explosion point and explosion BAKER, conducted on July 25, 1946, created a base surge that was not predicted. SOOO we have two events which were not expected during the test plus the full report has never been made public that I know of, because, wait for it, here it comes, “National Security”. We, the public, really don’t know what happened at that test site for Operations Crossroads and whether people were gravely affected by the unexpected behavior of the two explosions.
Did the civilian observer Bradley Dewey know exactly what happened and was trying to warn the public?
Did General Joseph W. Stilwell die because of radiation poisoning from a nuclear test that went wrong?
Did Forrestal die because he was going to come forward with the truth regarding these nuclear explosion tests?
As Forrestal told me, in part, from the other side regarding the investigation into his death by the United States Navy: “Just another nasty chapter of Naval History.”)
(SYNOPSIS: So here we are, which way do you want our country as well as the world to go?
Do we want to live in a world in which honesty, integrity, peace, love and harmony prevail?
OR
Do we want to continue to live in a world in which self-interest dominates manifesting as lies, deceit, deception, arrogance, and ego?
WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT TO GO? IT IS UP TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU TO MAKE THAT DECISION THROUGH ACTIONS TAKEN IN YOUR DAILY LIVES.
Published: March 25, 2019.
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