401286 Central Office oe Fs December 21, 1978 Jonathan M. Weisgall Covington & Burling 888 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Jonathan: I write to you in your capacity as attomey for the People of Bikini; my subject is the need of a Long term radiological health program for the People of Enewetak, the People of Rongelap, and the People of Utirik, all of whom we represent, a need which I be- lieve your clients share with mine. I would like to meet with you within the next several months to discuss whether we can coordinate our separate efforts to mutual benefit. I will be on Saipan the first three weeks of January. If the next round of status talks are here and you will be participating, we could do it then. Otherwise, I expect to be in Washington the latter half of February. In anticipation of more detailed conversations with you, let me outline very briefly what I have in mind. An appropriate radlological program for all of these islands is a fairly complicated and costly busi- ness and for it to be of real benefit it will almost certainly have to continue forever, although its exact content will vary over time. Its major elements should