"DOE ARCHIVE ba AOD ‘x en GN , , 408292 UNITED STATES ~— RK DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR A [aun Oud: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Ri adArent ere Seas WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 a8 MAR 22 198% Dear Senator Burdick: On March 12 I wrote to you concerning the people of Kili and their desire to return to their former home atoll, Bikini. You will re- call that Senator Clifford Case had hearc from two of his Mx. and Mrs. Todd Jenkins, Peace Corps Volunteers working urging the return of these people to Bikini. Mr. Jenkins written to the United Nations Trusteeship Council on this constituents on Kili, has also matter. In my letter of March 12 I said that we had been unable to clarify the September 1966 statement attributed to High Commissioner Norwood by Mr. Jenkins that the Kili people could very soon return to Bikini. I have now received a copy of Mr. Norwood's letter, which is enclosed for your information. I believe that Mr. Norwood so qualified his comments that the promise of an early return cannot reasonably be inferred from his letter. ao i At larang Assis¥IS) Secretary of the Interior United States Senate Washington, D.C. : Enclosure zy Lope ; we ra ~ Net 1 > rm my ee ee re een - > LE ARCHIVES _ 826 US.ATOMIC ENERGY yobs Sveeubaweve Pine . ft ea. 20510 ae - . a i yeeuie Gk - 64 1 cea K.. we : ° a wena .nery (o-ta- ¢ Hon. Quentin N. Burdick re ~ ~ BEST COPY AVAILASI" Sincerely yours,