UNITED STATES
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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20545
November 6, 1975
Memo to Files
SUMMARY OF MEETINGS IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, OCTOBER 31
AND NOVEMBER 1, 1975 - BIKINI LAWSUIT
The first meeting was on October 31, in the Office of the Assistant
U.S. Attorney, Mr. Howard Chang. The objective was to clarify
the position of the Government with respect to the injunction which
the Micronesian Legal Services was seeking. The initial injunction
papers requested action in the following areas:
1.
Limitation of access to Bikini.
3.
4.
residents.
Requests for information in Marshallese as well as English.
Immediate examination of persons who have been placed at
5.
6.
7.
Prohibition of communications.
Completion of radiological survey.
Independent analysis.
2.
8.
9.
10.
Contingency planning for relocation of present Bikini Island
risk.
Completion of radiological analysis of Flora and Fauna,
Control of agency spending and contracts.
Further monitoring of the resettlernent by the Court.
Mr. Chang informed us that a new motion on the injunction had been
filed which essentially dealt with the radiological surveys, the need
for a NEPA statement and the requirement for medical examinations. |
Also, that Mr. George Allen was no longer the lead attorney on this
case for the MLC. The U.S. Attorney wanted to settle as many
issues as possible in order to obviate the need for the injunction.
Mr. De Young, from the Department of the Interior, Office of Trust
Territory noted that under the Trust agreement, the TT was responsible for the health of the people, and that they were prepared
to offer physical examinations to those people who have been living
in Bikini. They do not want to limit the examination to Bikinians
only, because some of the workers are from other parts of the
Marshall Islands. Also, the DOI did not want to offer an open
ended examination because of the possible cost. Instead they proposed to limit the scope of the examination that can be carried out
by the existing resources of the Trust Territory, recognizing that
the analysis for radioactivity in urine and some of the blood tests
would have to be done in laboratories-eutsidethetstends,—A1se,——__—_
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