As usual, the Atomic Energy Commission released only a few guarded bits of information. The next U.S. atom-bomb tests (which may be in progress already) will be held on remote Eniwetok Atoll. They will be made by Joint Task Force Three, commanded by Lieut. General Elwood R. ("Pete") Quesada of the Air Force and including personnel from the three armed services, civilian government agencies, and the AEC and its contractors. No one except members of the task force will be allowed closer than 200 miles from the guarded atoll.
The AEC did add...
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