PAGE TWO RUUFJE 094 THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ANNOUNCED TODAY PD PARA THE PLAtIS APE BEING MADE As A RESULT OF INFORMATION FROM THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION THAT THE PEOPLE MAY BE RETURNED TO RONGELAP PD THE COMMISSION HAS ADVISED THE DEPARTMENT THAT IT HAS CAREFULLY EVALUATED DATA FROM SEVERAL RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS MADE DURING THE PAST TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS PD THE RESULTS OF THE LATEST SURVEY INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF RESIDUAL RADIOACTIVITY AT A LEVEL THAT Is ACCEPTABLE FROM A HEALTH POINT OF VIEW CMM BOTH AS REGARDS THE POTENTIAL EXTERNAL | GAMMA RADIATION EXPOSURE AND STRONTIUM-90 IN THE FOOD SUPPLY ci WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF LAND CRABS PD THE RONGELAP INHABITANTS WILL BE ADVISED NOT To EAT LAND CRABS CMM PENDING THE RESULTS OF FUTURE RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS PD LAND CRABS ARE NOT A MAJOR ITEM IN THEIR NORMAL DIET PD PARA EIGHTY-TWO RONGELAP INHABITANTS WERE REMOVED FROM THEIR HOME ATOLL FOLLOWING THE FALLOUT THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE MARCH 4 CMM 4954 NUCLEAR TEST AT THE ENIWETOK PROVING GROUNDS PD THEY REMAINED ON KWAJALEIN UNTIL JUNE CMM 4954 CMM WHEN THEY WERE MOVED TO A VILLAGE CONSTRUCTED FOR THEM ON” EJIT ISLAND IN THE MAJURO ATOLL PD PARA A NUMBER OF RONGELAP INHABITANTS WHO WERE AWAY FROM THE ATOLL AT THE TIME OF THE FALLOUT ALSO HAVE BEEN LIVING ON EJIT OR ELSEWHERE IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS PD THE SIZE OF THE GROUP ALSO HAS CFN STRONTIUM~90 2 21954 1954 - e co -