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27 Feb 81
ADMINISTRATION
Robert L. Morgan, DOE acting assistant secretary for
Proposes a reorganization of Defense Programs (DP) to
defense programs,
qomply with
the
reorganization of DOE by Secretary James B. Edwards. Morgan recbmmends, among
numerous weaponsresponsibilities, that the deputy assistant
tary for military
application exercise direction over the office of safety, environmegt and emergency
actions. M. Whitley of DP prepares these proposals for Morgan.
Mar 81
POLICY
RELOCATION
Approximately 100 Enewetak people return to Ujelang from Enewetak because
of lack of coconuts and otherfresh fruits.*”
Enewetak leaders petition the U.N. Trusteeship Council]to continue the
trusteeship arrangement with the U.S. after the agreement has beef terminated with
the rest of Micronesia.°”'
7 Apr 81
ADMINISTRATION
Following a DOE departmental reorganization transferring
the biological and
environmental research (BER) program from the former office fof the assistant
secretary for the environmentto the office of en
research (ER),
lf. Douglas Pewitt,
acting director of ER, proposes placing nonresearch Marshall Islands projects related
to medical surveillance in the new office of the assistant secretary [or environmental
protection, safety, and emergency preparedness (ASEP).*”
27 May 81
ADMINISTRATION
"DOE's MIactivities are at a crossroads," writes Tommy Mc€raw, DOEhealth
physicist, in response to Dr. Bruce Wachholz’s question of who stfould manage the
DOE Marshall Islands program and whether NV should adminifter it. McCraw
mentions that disagreements have occurred between the NV and headquartersstaffs
over who should manage the Marshall Islands program and
hpw it should be
Operated. The NV representatives, says McCraw, have given tha Marshallese the
impression that the NV has "almost endless resources" compared tq the T.T.officials.
McCrawalso states that the AEC and the ERDA management "werp never willing to
formally give NV more responsibility in the Marshalls than respons{bility for logistics
support." According to McCraw, the DOEandits predecessors havefreceived no clear
directions from Congress to provide radiological follow-up in the Mafshalls; moreover,
McCrawfinds that the DOE "currently has no approved policy and fo plan for these
activities." McCraw concludes that giving NV staff the responsibllity for the DOE
Marshall Islands program will give the impression in Washington angi Majuro that the
DOE wishes to provide leadership on Marshall Islands matters thag will require new
responsibilities and enlarged funding “with no end in sight.”””
26 Oct - 20 Nov 81
ADMINISTRATION
Citing a “very large program growth,” Herman £. Roseg
DOE assistant
secretary for DP, on 26 October recommends and on 20 Novembg@r DOE Secretary
Edwards approves a reorganization of DP to consolidate program
managementareas
and to delegate program management responsibilities to three [deputy assistant