’ . ' . ‘; ‘ . ) ’ . . . - . . . a ' ’ oe - . 1 . .* * . ye : . . .* Dear Iiv. Seerctary: - bd oe . § The Scercitary of the Interior has reported to me that 2 speci: nalysis of radiolesical levels of Bikini /toll has resulicd in 1 the conclusion that the major islands of the atoJl ere now si.5- . ‘ . . -for humen habitetion, The Defense Department has 2iso oon cluded that security requirements ere such thet the return - (the former »ikini people to their traditional home can be eo : : . *- * accornmodaied. - 4 . lds 2 reimainiags sources of radiological contamination,’ of cleari:. : , the land end of re Jenting it to crops which will Sustain hur. : | r . _, and new ecpmmu:ity facilitics must be built with the ective fo. 2 New horse: wife end which wilt provide z source of income, . . ‘ * participation of the returning people... These tasks regui:c oe ... ‘XYesources: beyond the means of the former Bikini people ind : : Toure. t-you to werk with the Secretary of the Interior and the High a oo - Commissioner of the Trust Territory in planning a compreian “hensive rescitlement program and to assist them in carrying - 7 ps ce e dispatch, me - 2. + it out with all poss ible in Yon: Soe? -. . Jue 7 di. a. . ~~ ‘ -§4 ° .e ° A. wer wneuee a or | or vee tee sagt i. “ae . _" . . " : ae, vv. a", e “* 7 . ‘. a * “ t 7 "ea" + @ * r 8 @ vung o oo: op . ( ot. ot. eer ume ted oe TT et Meee MH Ne ee oe a: ° ° ° . ae . -*, : aoe. . . eee” . - vate o * - | Cte, . " Ce, . le. Tir leet oN 2 we one . 4. oa . ’ . ele 9 2? . . een oo 0. 65. oo eae i e . ‘ ’ . : f “s .* . a oe . ss os .* °- le 3 . ee ° Te ™ ‘. a « iol * .« ., Voom eqe rE — mow ntnt eo w= . ° , - ’ ". 7 . . . . » _ : - ae rei at ee ee I eee ee od *. 2030) . ° ae . woe’ . . : s . =? . e 4 Q, . -~ . .. a? > os Washington, D.C. + 1. : . . . . Ueee,ee aE: Rs * ° of Defense . Seerctary : . )4 | ‘4 _~ + | fi f . * bon ‘4 Te * : nr . * * . - ot e*. "ss e - f F . -. « . - . eos . o ° - + Honorable Clark M. Clifford Bye" : . . * . . . «4 e® . 7 * Cres incerely, . . .. oe "ae a . . ° . . . “+ ‘ ° or ® .? “| -{" mote: i . . . i =we a 7. 5 ! * . ° . : os . . cele e® e . * o r ee Ht recucsi therefore, I, ofthe Trust Territory Government. . te 4 ‘he retura of these people cannot, however, be accomplish wn overnight, There remains the: major task of working with ti: Bikini leacership in planning the return, of removing any . , .. _* " w.- weog . . . 7 . ory . A * "=. fe ~. ve * .” : —--5—-» * . * ie ° wt? fe ° . . 7 .