Operation ‘Bang’ Is
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Cancelled
Another Plan For New Guinea Bombs
From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, Oct. 5.
THE plan to detonate thousands of tons of bombs at Tadji, New Guinea, in one gigantic explosion, has now been abandoned.
It was hoped to get valuable scientific information from the explosion but, after considering the proposal for more than a year, the authorities decided there were too many difficulties.
Seismographical stations would have had to be set up in the area, the native population evacuated within a radius ol about ten miles, and compensation paic to them for any damage.
The Civil Aviation Department was al so concerned about possible damage tc Tadji aerodrome, which is two mile; from the bomb dump. Tadji was a bi£ RAAF base during the war.
The RAAF, which is handling the dis posal of the dump, is now considering de-lousing the bombs, or destroying then in a series of small explosions.