[This text is printed on the letterhead.] JOINT TASK FORCE ONE
[stamped on page:] IN REPLY
REFER TO: CJTF-1/J23/1hs
Serial: [stamped on page:] 2198
Washington 25 D. C. [stamped on page:] 9 April 1946
My dear Senator Saltonstall:
In regard to the query of the
President's Evaluation
Commission as to the time required for attendance at the
atomic bomb tests; for the first test, "Able", we have
scheduled a plane to take you directly to
Kwajalein where
you will be picked up by ship and taken to
Bikini lagoon.
If you travel by plane:
Leave
Washington on either
22 or
23 June, a.m.;
Arrive
Kwajalein,
28 June;
Arrive
Bikini,
29 June.
If you travel by train and ship:
Leave
Washington 10:30 p.m.,
8 June;
Leave
Oakland, a.m.,
12 June;
Arrive
Honolulu, p.m.
18 June;
Leave
Honolulu, p.m.
20 June;
Arrive and leave
Kwajalein,
28 June;
Arrive
Bikini,
29 June.
Weather permitting, the first test is scheduled
for
1 July. The second test will follow as soon as
possible
after the first test with a minimum intervening period of
three weeks.
Air transportation to the
United States will be
available to you at the conclusion of the inspections sub-
sequent to Test Able and also after Test Baker.
Rear Adm.
OPR. [Ch.?]
[Rm?] 3070
Honorable Leverett Saltonstall
United States Senate