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SAH SUBJECT: Press Statement on B=52 A~cident 

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EUR 	1. Following inter~agency agreed pre~$ 8tatement ha~ b~en 
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Air Force release with concurrencce GOS. Alt~rnative1.y9 could
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i-	be reworked into j oint U.Se=Spanish rel~a~e9 t~ be i~sued
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simultaneously in Madrid and 	Palomar~$ area.. Our id®a i~ to
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have put out in Spain ~elf~3uffi~ient ~tatemcnt d~®ign~d t~ll
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what happened within security limit~~ to hav(f! no pre~s conf(e.r.,
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There is to be no Washington rel<ease.. Identifi©ati©l!~ ~£ plutonium and uranium has been made to p~rmit qu~~ti©n~ about health and safety to be anawer~d by r~fer~nce to ~p~n lit~r.at~~® on these isotopes. Dr. :Langham carryim1g am.pl~ miit~rial f@r this purpose. Woul d appreci t~ $~0ll~$t Dn.ba$~Y ©r GOS vie~~ 
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E.O. 12356, Sec. 3.4 
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EUR ..,, Mr,, L~ddy 
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Radiological •JXBBX surveys of the Palomares area and it$ human nd animal populations have included detailed laboratory 
ud es by leading Spanish and u.sli' scientists,, Th~y hav'~ (obtai&H!.d no evidence of a health hazard. These expert~ ~ay ther~ ia ltl© ha~ ;c · from eating vegetables marketed from thi~ ~rea~ fro.m eating th~ m~st or fish or drinking the milk of animalso 
Step$ have been taken to in~ure that th~ aff~cted ar~a~ ar~ thoroughly cleaned up si and sante ~oil and vegetation are b(~ing r einov These measures are part of a comprehen~ive program t~ ~lim~!r.at:e he chance of haz rd~ to set at rest unfound~d fear$~ and thu~ to r.~&tor normal life and livelihood to the people of Palomarea Q 
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