DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY ° FIELD COMMAND KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO 87115 \ : a |z t 18 October 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR: SUBJECT: Director, Defense Nuclear Agenty Enewetak Issues and Meetings pee 1. You will recall that at our 12 October luncheon with High Commissioner Winkel and Mr. Ted Mitchell, we all agreed that it was necessary to get on with plans for considering the early resettlement of the dri-Enewetak on the atoll and to continue a priority effort to select and analyze appropriate alternatives for planting of some 14,000 coconut trees previously planned for the northeastern islands. Several actions came out of that meeting: . a. You indicated your desire to send Mrs. Ruth Clusen, Assistant Secretary for Environment, DOE, a letter which would force DOE to provide a more responsive answer concerning contamination levels than that provided to you by Mr. Joe Deal in his letter of 29 September. A draft of this proposed letter to Mrs. Clusen is attached. b. We all agreed that we should meet as soon as possible with the dri-Enewetak to present them with the early resettlement option and the coconut tree planting alternatives in order that they could assist us in making decisions on these matters. High Commissioner Winkel indicated that he could insure that transportation was provided to get the people from Ujelang Atoll to Enewetak about a week before your joint trip on 4-6 December so that there would be time to brief them on the problems and options before you arrive. Ted Mitchell also indicated that he would be willing to coordinate this matter with the Council and insure that they could be on the atoll during this period. The attached draft message to both High Commissioner Winkel and Mr. Mitchell summarizes the action taken with respect to Mrs. Clusen and requests their assistance in these two areas. 2. If we are to make logical choices based on a solid group of alternatives as opposed to restrictions on our choices, I strongly believe that DNA must take further initiative. Recommend that you sign this letter to Mrs. Clusen and the message to High Commissioner Winkel and Mr. Mitchell. These actions should get the ball rolling to secure better radiological information than we now have and promote needed meetings with the dri-Enewetak. In any event, it puts the issues squarely before the people who have the authority and responsibility to render decisions on these matters. n Db. Oe ry 2 Incl as , " GRAYS IN D. TATE, JR. Br ier General (P), USA Commander . GSD