€ ¢ m + Appendix A Memorandum of Understanding Between the Division of Military Application, Atomic EnergyCommission, and the Defense Atomic Support Agency, Department of Defense on Clean-Up of Bikini Atoll On August 2, 1968, the President requested that the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, 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. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) have agreed to cooperate with the Department of Interior in the clean-up of the Bikini Atoll for the return of the native population. 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 to the population or interfere with their reasonable use of the land. The DOD will manage the clean-up, utilizing the Defense Atomic Support Agency (DASA) including the Joint Task Force EIGHT (JTF-8) and its existing organizational relationships with the AEC and AEC Contractor support. The JCS have designated the Director, DASA to act as Project Manager and have provided him appropriate instructions. The project will provide a unique opportunity for exercising the readiness capability of JIT F-8 in planning and organizing the deployment of men and equipment to undeveloped islands on short notice, at minimum demands upon outside resources, in manner similar to that which would be required in support of the Treaty safeguards if nuclear testing were ordered resumed in the environments prohibited by the Limited Test Ban Treaty. The DOD and the AEC have agreed to provide $300, 000 each in Fiscal Year 1969 for the clean-up. Total AEC funding shall not exceed $300, 000 for the entire project and AEC funds shall not be used to pay costs which accrue subsequent to June 30, 1969. The DOD funds will be available for obligations until June 30, 1969. The DOD/AEC funds ($600, 000) will be made available by the AEC to DASA(Nevada Operations Office to CITF-8) to provide the Project Manager with financial resources to begin the task. Approximately half of this $600, 00 is attributable —_