ABSTRACT
Since 1946, the United States had been pursuing a policy of containment against Soviet communism. From the beginning of the Cold War, the American government had viewed a close relationship with Japan as a critical aspect of its containment strategy. Washington tried to limit the publicity damage from the incident by rushing two American experts to Tokyo. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) sent Dr John B. Morton, director of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Hiroshima, and Merril Eisenbud, Director of the AEC's Health and Safety Laboratory. In Tokyo, tensions continued to increase as the US embassy received numerous reports that testing was affecting additional Japanese fishing boats and their catches. As a result of the health problems caused by BRAVO, representatives for the Marshallese sent a petition to the United Nations protesting against nuclear tests in the Pacific.
