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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: signs warning against trespassing were placed 910 meters north, south,
and west of ground zero. These barricades were supplemented with two
concentric circles of red flags 1,830 and 2,740 meters from ground
zero. Except during bad weather, the entire ground zero area was
visible from the roadblocks. No unauthorized person was ever detected
entering the ground zero area (1).
On 10 August, the Broadway roadblocks were removed, and mounted
military policemen began patrolling around ground zero at a distance
of 730 meters. Each guard was assigned to a daily six-hour shift for
a period of two weeks; in the third week, the guard was assigned tasks
away from the ground zero area. The mounted guards and their horses
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