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APPENCI¥ II

the clear intention that claims for propercy damage, personal injury,

or death arising ouc of activities of U.S. aflitary and civilian

personnel abrosd are to be deale with by adminiscracive or diplomacic
means, or by special legislation, as aay be appropriate, rather than
by litigation under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
One area chac could possibly provide limiced relief in 2 foreign

situation would be the Milicary Claims Act. However, lisited claias
from foreign claimants are allowed only if presented within two years
after each claim accrues. See 10 USCA 2731 et seq.

DOE believes it is misleading for the draft report to indicate
that the pocential exises for fucure legal difficuleies in the
claims area without specifically elaborating on what chose difiieul-

cies may be and how such claims may be made againsce che United States.
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The concepe of “enforcement” of living pattern restrictions is
foreign to past thinking in the develcpment of cleanup and rehabilitcacion criteria and recommendations for Enewetak.

OOE has noc

required che Trust Territory government or the Enewetak people.to

give “unqualified assurances" of compliance with restrictions.
The
radiological criteria and recommendations set forth by AEC ancticipaced the existence of a spirit «: cooperation among those who are

trying to hels the Enewetax people resurn to their homeland and that
che people themselves and their advisors would cooperate.
if was

expected that che recommended rescrictions thenselves, and te some
extent the need for restrictions, would be understood by the people. |

The Enewectak Enyironmencal Inmpace Stacemenc (£iS) provided the mech~
anism for obtaining agreement from all narcies. dAbsoluce compliance
with reserictions was not expected. Rather, it was anticipated that
over tne long tera che people would police chenselves and a good
level of compliance with resrriccions would be achieved.

It was

expected that at least initially chere would be a high level of

compliance with recommendacions on housing construction and plancing

of faod crops because these would be done by U.S. agencies. The
Safeguard for the long cern would be che radiological followup of
the people and their environment,

to be performed by DOE.

This wii:

provide che necessary assurance that restrictions were being followed
tC) an acceytable degree.
SCE has not changed the radiological orocecticn

hiiosophy used or)

zade secre styvingene any of the recomeenued radiological crisecia
develcoed iherefrom for pianning and ecnducting cleanus and rehabi.dtation of Esewecrax. The deveispment af the sci! cleanup <:riseria,

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a-@., t9e sC and 300 2Ci/g, was based upon consideracion of ali

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