FRENCH BOMB
Wind Delays Test ffl-Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) PAPEETE (Tahiti), Aug. 18. France is expected to test its first hydrogen bomb next Tuesday or Wednesday if the weather is favourable. The French Minister of Scientific Research (Mr Robert Galley) returned to Papeete last night after inspecting the nuclear test sites in the Tuamotu Archipelago, 750 miles south of Tahiti. His aides said he would not go back to Tuamotu until Tuesday or Wednesday. Mr Galley flew to Tahiti on Friday and it is widely assumed that he has come to watch the H-test. Informed sources said the bomb—a device suspended from a balloon—would be limited to between one and 12 megatons because of fallout consideration. It could be followed by the explosion of another hydrogen bomb of different design.
Strong winds blowing toward populous areas yesterday apparently forced a postponement of the test. In spite of assurances from scientists, fears spread throughout South Pacific islands that fall-out from the test would kill thousands of fish, one of the main sources of food for the islanders.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31761, 19 August 1968, Page 1
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