to pay the claims on Ebeye. Thereafter things progressed relatively smoothly. To complete the critique of the administrative problems, Mr. Murawski accompanied us to the outer islands portion of Rongelap and Utirik and although, he is a very capable employee of Holmes and Narver, he is not current on the problems of compensation, per diem, and the details of the new PL 116. These questions, along with questions as to land custody were raised on both Rongelap and Utirik and Mr. Murawski did the best he could under difficult circumstances, but unfortunately, in many cases had to state that he did not have the answer to the question but would forward the question to DOE in Honolulu. I feel he was placed in an untenable position by being asked to give definitive answers to problems for which he was not prepared. ~ IL. Political and Public Relations Aspects - It has been a long-established principle of these surveys for the leader of the Brookhaven medical team to pay a courtesy call on the members of the Marshall Islands government. During this visit I met with and had long discussions with Oscar de Brum, the Chief Secretary of the Marshall Islands government, During those discussions he specifically asked me what actions were being contemplated in Washington regarding the information that Tony de Brum had presented on Likiap. I informed him that I had met with the Tabershaw group and that when I left the U.S. a proposal was being developed to review the epidemiologic evidence of an increased incidence of thyroid and birth abnormalities on Likiap. The following day at noon Oscar picked me up at the hospital and drove me to the Eastern Gateway where we had lunch with Amata Kabua, the President of the Marshall Islands. Amata was particularly interested in what formal action had been taken to authorize medical care for the Bikinians and was also interested in further SUSEL S59