awnnetlaaa PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED 5. The Attorney General's Office informs me that Micronesian Legal Services lawyers have inquired as to whether the above paragraph might provide for compensation for loss of personal or real property. While our counsel indicated that such section did not include payment for property damage, the provision may leave room for the initiation of claims and/or lawsuits. While I consider this paragraph to be clear as to its meaning, I would suggest, if the act is to be amended in any event, that this paragraph be altered to specifically include only "physical injury or physical harm." That amendment should satisfy the concern of the Attorney General's Office and clearly set forth the intent of Congress. Again, only if the act is to be otherwise amended should this suggested change be ancluded. (5) APPROPRIATIONS As you have pointed out, there are not sufficient funds on hand to make total payment under the act for those persons presently entitled to payment. The Trust Territory Department of Finance has received the sum of $1,083,000, but present known claims exceed this sum by $682,000. A breakdown of the additional funds needed, as of this date, is as follows: (a) (b) (c) Community payment, Bikini, Rongelap and Utirik. Payment to parents of . ee ewe Payment to heirs of (note this individual died as a result of stomach cancer. As a result of the stomach cancer the Brook- . . $ 300,000 § ~=650,060 haven Medical personnel listed him as a claimant for $25,000.) Under the act his heirs are entitled to further payment equal (d) to that paid to heirs of Payment to heirs of te ee we ww ew $ «75,000 .. 8 75,000 contracted radiation illness and was taken from Rongelap to Brookhaven National Lab in New York. There she was treated and returned to Rongelap where she died soon thereafter. was added to the list of persons entitled to the $25,000, however, there is no indication that her heirs are entitled to the $100,000, or at least we should say Congress has not appropriated that amount for her heirs... .............'. {e) New additions per Dr. Conrad letter (£) Payment for Utirikese who are additionally dated January 4, 1978. ........4.2... . $ 175,000 entitled to $25,000 (Note: Those people were exposed thus they are entitled to $1,000. Additionally, ee, . . Loe 2 [ im ‘|' 3; they contracted radiation illness PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED ‘ ‘ te ee mt UAE TE