a” UNITED STATES N M ea a a a ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE Oot be. ate CT wsts cz: boo g tt as cock eta AC ALT PO. BOX 14100 2.5. LAS“VEGAS, NEVADA-‘89114 orateay wR201968” Those on Attached List pee a : aan. 8! cee ome ne arereraeee Fg BES BIKINI CLEANPLANNING DIRECTIVE, Oc- li- 3-69,BIKINE 1. Purpose: |To identify NVOO's responsibilities in conn the Bikini Clean-Up Project, which has been approved for execution and has commenced. 2. Background. On August 12, 1968, President.Johnson announced that certain islands in Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands,. Trust Territory of the Pacific, were no longer required for the Nation's nuclear test program or for defense, purposes and that they were safe: for return to civilian uses. _ : +t The President requested that the Chairman, AEC, and the Secretary of Defense work with the Secretary of the Interior and the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory in planning a comprehensive resettlement program for Bikini Atoll and assist them in carrying it out. ' ‘ = Pursuant to this request, the DOD and AEC haveentered into an agreement for a cooperative program with the Department of Interior for the clean-up of the Bikini Atoll,...The clean-up involves the removal of vegetative overgrowth, debris, structures and other materials residual from the use of the atoll for atomic testing which could pose radiation or accident hazards tothe population or interfere with theirreasonable use of the land. The full text of this AEC-DOD Memorandum of Understanding is included as Append. éty..2Be _ I keyprovisions as3 they affect PALES PARTSSERJ NVOOinvolvement“Te REVIEWD 2 1 . . oe my wo no 3.4 aff? : SRAUTHORITY: Ne AT 1 aEVIE MATE: G: Ze edt AUTHORITY: ADD NAME; . of the-fa f OF ‘ DC. Lett le. CONTAINSNO.COE CUMif:ip “RY COORDINATE VATH: — boseCANNOTLe CLASSIFIED INFO BRACKLTED Hor 7, OTHER (SPECHEY]S States within the ot eae "Title 18, U. Ss Cor 2 ssionorrevelation of AFTER 12 YEAR Ci dicodyg