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ALL THE CLOTH THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. Wil- 

 liam L. Laurence, center, eminent scientific writer 

 of the New York Times, discusses the tests with Dr. 

 Ralph A. Sawyer, left, Technical Director, and 

 Colonel William Westlake, Deputy Public Infor- 

 mation Officer, aboard the press ship "Appala- 



chian." Mr. Laurence was the only correspondent 

 to witness the first bomb test, in New Mexico; and 

 he had the unique distinction of riding in the bom- 

 ber that carried out the Nagasaki mission. Dr. 

 Sawyer was responsible for all scientific instrumen- 

 tation at Bikini, 



