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the governmental, scientific and Marshallese representatives

will develop a program design.

We think that this plan should

be developed as quickly as possible and should be submitted
to the Congress for its review and approval prior to the
appropriation of funds.

The plan should include a detailed description of what
the program plans to do for each group and for each atoll

with respect to each of the four principal elements of the
program.

The governing body of the program and its organizational

structure should be set out with clarity and careful cost
estimates should be developed.
The development of the plan can and should be done in

consultation with the relevant Committees of the Congress.
Summary and Recommendation
We think section 103 of H.R. 3756 is an extremely
important piece of legislation, founded on humanitarian
concern for some innocent people whose lives have been radically
affected in one way or another by the nuclear weapons testing
program.

The United States used those Micronesian islands

for nuclear testing so as to minimize the risk of harm to

its own people.

With little thought for the welfare of the

native inhabitants, there were wholesale forced migrations,

years of exile and actual exposure to radioactive fallout.
Amends have been made in some ways and for that the people

are deeply grateful.

In a very real sense, this kind of long-

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