Mr. W. J. Stanley -2- April 28, 1976 The remaining work at Bikini Island which was described in the protocol was completed by Tuesday afternoon, April 6. The LCU then proceeded to Nam Island, but encountered fuel shortage and anchor cable fouling problems en route. The immediate concerns were taken care of, and we continued to Nam, arriving at about 1600 hr. Name Island An advance team went ashore via Boston Whaler on the lee side of Nam Island on Tuesday evening. A good landing point for the boat and gear was found in a sheltered embayment, and beach landmarks were located which indicated the starting points for the two transects across the island. Contiguous clearings near the lagoon beach hinted that much of the terrainwould be easy to cross. The 1975 aerial photographs by EG & G were helpful in identifying our routes, Two north-south transects were established from the lagoon beach on Wednesday, April 7; however, extremely dense vegetation was encountered on both transects at about 200 meters north of the beach. Shortages of time (resulting from the LCU fuel shortage) and human energy forced us to terminate the east and west transects, respectively, at 200 and 245 meters due north. Within these constraints all of the work described in the survey protocol was accomplished. The Liktanur proceeded to Bikini Island at 1100 hr on Thursday, April 8 to pick up fuel which had been negotiated through T.T.; then departed for Kwajalein at 1600. We arrived Kwajalein on April 10 and proceeded to Honolulu with the environmental samples on Monday, April 12, A high priority has been placed on sample analyses related to the “plutonium problem", and we expect that these data and the analyses of our field measurements will be most helpful in shedding light on areas of our greatest concern for the returning Bikini people. My sincere thanks to you and Kris Morris, and to Ted Murawski and the Captain and crew of the Liktanur, and all of the other PASO, Global Associates and Holmes & Narver personnel who worked so tirelessly in our behalf. I am looking forward to your continued support. Sincerely yours, Mt N. A. Greenhouse 1k ec: CHi bee: C. B. T. F. McCraw, ERDA-DOS R. A. Meinhold Conard J. Naidu Uls32u