(DNA HEADQUARTERS LETTERHEAD) - (date) Mrs. Ruth C. Clusen Assistant Secretary for Environment Department of Energy Washington, DC 20545 Dear Secretary Clusen, I enjoyed very much meeting with you on 12 October at the meeting chaired by Undersecretary of Interior Joseph concerning ongoing activities at Bikini and Enewetak Atolls. I do regret, however, that you were unable to remain for the status reports given by High Commissioner Winkel and myself concerning the rehabilitation and cleanup efforts, respectively, for Enewetak. Both efforts are going extremely well in spite of the fact that, as I am sure you are aware, the cleanup criteria have changed several times during the project. In the cleanup project, we are well ahead of schedule in removing both contaminated and uncontaminated debris and on schedule for our contaminated soil removal based upon the revised criteria. High Commissioner Winkel reported that the rehabilitation project is also moving smoothly with houses being completed for the dri-Enewetak residence and with over 38,000 coconut tree seedlings having been delivered by the end of this month to initiate the nurseries on Enewetak and Medren islands. Although we believe that both efforts will meet the scheduled completion date of 15 April 1980, both of us expressed concern at the meeting regarding one area.