DRAFT 37 17 Aug 72 ADMINISTRATION RADIATION AEC and DNA representatives meet to review available information and develop recommendations to assist in the planning for the cleanup of Enewetak. They conclude that actions required to return Enewetak to the TJ. fall into three phases: planning, cleanup, and rehabilitation. They decide that|cleanup can be accomplished without interfering with the PACE test series andj that the single manager concept will provide the most effective organization for thle cleanup.” 22-23 Aug 72 RELOCATION DOI!officials meet with Ujelang leaders and representatives ffom MLSCat T.T. headquarters about the return of the people of Enewetak. They difcuss the goal of returning people to Japtan "as soon as practicable" and the minimim requirements for moving people there. Sep 1972 AGREEMENT MEDICAL The medical survey team is reactivated to resume exaffiinations of the Marshallese. This reactivation follows an agreement with the Spdcia! Investigating Committee of the Micronesian Congress to send a team of independent, international physician-observers to join the medical survey team and report to fhe committee on the value of the medical survey and the health status of the expqsed Marshallese. The Rongelapese accept the BNL medical services after an international committee issues “a relatively favorable report," according to Kohn.” 7 Sep 72 ADMINISTRATION RADIATION As a result of an interagency meeting on Enewetak, the AEC will fund the precleanup radiological survey; the DOD,the radiological and nonraqological cleanup; and the DOI the rehabilitation costs. The manager, NV, is ass{ned responsibility for the survey. The DNA will provide logistical suppgrt.”” operational 2 Oct 72 RADIATION RELOCATION After the AEC announces that only a limited number of Bikini coconut crabs can be eaten because they are radioactive, the Kili council votes against retuming the entire community to Bikini but allows those who wish to return. T Bikini families move back to Bikini with approximately 50 Marshallese construction and maintenance workers.”4" 4Oct 72 ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTOR According to the planning and operations directive for the 1972 Enewetak radiological survey, the AEC/DMA is to coordinate AEC policy relating to the survey and provide overall Washington direction; NV is the primary] organization to implement the survey; the division of biology and environmental r@search (DBER)is to assess "the radiological implications of sources of direct radiation and food chain-