such injury,

illness or conéition "may be the result directly

cr incirectly ef such nueclear weapons testing program."
In
contrast, as to the people of other atolls in the Marshall
Islancs, DOI appears to contemplate that the people of all

other atolls are entitled to treatment under test #1 but

that a particular injury, illness or condition will only
be eligible for treatment if it is established that such

injury,

illness or condition "may be the result directly or

indirectly of such nuclear weapons testing program."

The Government of the Marshall Islands completely

agrees that, in addition to the people of Bikini, Enewetak,

Rongelap and Utirik, the people of all other atolls of the
Marshall Islands are entitled to the medical care provided
for in the statute.
Section 102 of Public Law 96-205 clearly
States that medical care znd treatment and environmental
research and monitoring shall te provided to the people of

“such other atolls as may be found to be or to have been

exposed to radiation from the nuclear weapons testing program."
(emphasis added)
The Department of Energy has repeatedly

asserted anc confirmed that every atoll of the Marshall
Islands was exposed to radiation from the nuclear weapons
testing program.
Consequently, the people of every atoll

must be entitled to care under the terms of the statute.
that,

The Government of the Marshall Islands also agrees
in keeping with the intention of Congress to provide a

comprehensive health care program in an efficient manner for
all eligible individuals, the most logical, cost effective
and technically feasible way to proceed is not to require
that a particular eligible individual seeking treatment

establish that his injury, illness or condition may relate
Girectly or indirectly to the weapons testing program.

We

have been advised by several medical experts that it is
virtually impossible to establish medically that any particular injury, illness cr condition of an individual residing

anywhere in the Marshall Islands may not be radiation related

or, more broadly, related to the "nuclear weapons testing
program."
Moreover, the cost to procure and utilize
sophisticated equipment and personnel necessary even to

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