OFFICIAL USE ONLY ROUTINE ROUTINE ROGER RAY ROGER RAY TO US IN WASHINGTON AND TO ME EARLIER AT ENIW ETOK THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT QUOTE + THE PEOPLE - UNQUOTE PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN REHABILITATION PLANN-~} ING. HE FEELS THAT HE HAS A COMMITMENT TO THEM IN THIS REGARD ANDI AGREE, HOWEVER I POINTED OUT TO HIM THAT XMXK THESE SURVEYS (BOTH OURS AND DOD'S} ARE INFORMATION GATHERING EXPEDITIONS: OURS TO DEVELOP TECHNICAL DATA TO PERMIT JUDGEMENTS TO BE MADE AND DOD'S TO FORM THE BASIS FOR ESTIMATING COST AND TIME FACTORS FOR A CLEANUP, I ASSURED HIM THAT WE WERE NOT ON A REHABILITATION PLANNING EXPEDITION AND THAT HE WOULD BE KEPT INFORMED, I ALSO ASSURED HIM THAT IF IN HIS OR THE HICOM'S JUDGEMENT IT WAS NECESSARY wor DESIRABLE TO HAVE NATIVE REPRESENTATION WE WOULD ATTEMPT TO ACCOMMODATE IT. COLEMAN ACCEPTED THIS ANDI FEEL CONFIDENT WILL NOT PURSUE IT FURTHER AT THIS TIME, I TOLD COLEMAN OF THE PRESS RELEASE AND ASSURED HIM THAT I WOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO HAVE IT IN HIS HANDS 2 3 RPB-718 X-111