Ne ee le =i a further move is necessary, there is no guarantee that the next island will be any more satisfactory than Kili. Thnere “s a great scarcity of unoccupied habitable islands in the Marshal_s group. =ndced there is a limit to how long we caén perpetuate the odyssey of the Eikint peop-e without a Ae anc I might écd justifiably, unfavoreble reaction that could heve fer reecning implications. ecco ine whether the Bikini peclzie mc UnCEr Errengements G 1 Stares Covernmers recuireiminery step, of course, wr. amenis for é@ Livelihood a ae eee arc ~ ar orn TTS zo i goon aré now safe for tans could héeve DezaredZts cejeceni weiter arecse. sion should conclude that eazple might safely Yeturn Department of Defense Ww eturn from the standpoirr o atoll. Ve S§noulc greatly appreciate your having tnis question reviewed by che appropriate personnel of tre Cormission at the earliest opportunity enc advisi.s us whether, fron the realth standpoint, the ikinians might be returned. ir there should be some limitations, ncuner e @s to specific are2s or as to specific resources, we should éppreciaété your advice concerni these limitations as well. chetic consideration of this recuest will be greatly Sincereiy yours Secretary of the interior hon. Gienn T. Seaborge Cnéizmaen United States Atomic Energy Commission Wasringion, D. C. 20545 es Phew ok ~