DRAFT 13 of the Marshallese, the “CMM consider restoration to preevacuation standards is inescapable moral responsibility [of] both AEC and DOD..." (Posgibly “CMM”refers to the commander.) Clarkson believes that CINCPACFLT shbuld be assigned responsibility with AEC assistance for continued medical observatidn of the islanders and accompanying radiological studies.” 27 Apr 54 ADMINISTRATION RELOCATION Persons not affected or slightly affected by Castle Bravo have been moved to a tent camp on Ebeye Island, Kwajalein Atoll, and the high commigsionerof the T.T. expects the DODandthe AECto restore clothing and livestock and assure continued medical checks as needed to the Marshallese evacuees.™ May 54 RADIATION RELOCATION The Utirik residents are allowed to return to their island, hich Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) physicians find "only slightly contaminattdttd and considered safe for habitation.” 2 May 54 RADIATION RELOCATION Bugher, the AEC/DBMdirector, reports that "it appears to undesirable" for Rongelap residents to return to their home for a year but that fhe health of the islanders seems to be satisfactory.” 21 May 54 CONTRACTOR MEDICAL PLUTONIUM RADIATION Commenting on the LASL analysis of data on plutoniugn excretion from urinalysis of the Rongelapese, Gordon Dunning, AEC/DBMhealth physicist, questions the reliability of the LASL data. According to the LASL data, thra@e of the readings reported are above the maximum permissible body burden.” 24 May 54 RADIATION RELOCATION Gordon Dunning of AEC reports that the highest strontiunf” value on Naen Island is 0.5 microcuries per square foot and on Rongelap 1.6 x 19’ microcuries per square foot. He adds that “only a small fraction” of the Rongelapese food supply _ comes from island plants; that the calcium contentis significantly greater than 1,000 poundsper acre and thus will correspondingly reduce the strontium uptake; and that weathering may eliminate a small amount of the strontium acfivity. Therefore, Dunning thinks that the amount of strontium” in the soils shold not prevent a return of the Rongelapese to their islands.”