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RUSSIAN OBSERVERS BOARD THE PANAMINT. 



At Oakland, California, Lt. (j.g.) G. W. Osten 

 checks in Russian observers as they board the 

 "Panamint" bound for Bikini. These scientists from 

 the Soviet Union were part of the United Nations 

 Observer Group, made up of official representa- 

 tives of the I I foreign countries having member- 

 ship in the United Nations Atomic Energy Com- 

 mission. These countries are: Australia, Brazil. 

 Canada, China, France, Egypt, Great Britain, 

 Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, and the U.S.S.R. All 

 members of this group sailed on the "Panamint." 

 Shown above, left to right: Lt. (j.g.) Osten, S. P. 

 Alexandrov, of the United Nations Atomic Energy 

 Commission, and Dr. A. M. Mescheryakov, Head 

 of the Physics Department, University of Leningrad. 



