DRAFT 48 23 Aug 75 RELOCATION . The DOI! announces postponement of the planned return 150 Bikinians to their atoll in September for six months pending analysis and evaluagion of the results of the June survey.” Sep 1975 MEDICAL The BNL issues a 20-year review of the medical findingg Islanders exposed to fallout in 1954. in the Marshall The BNL concludes that because thyroid abnormalities continue, surveillance of thyroid effects of fallout should be maintained.” 10 Sep 75 ADMINISTRATION CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP RADIATION James L. Liverman, ERDA assistant administrator for envirorment and safety, on 10 September and W. E. Shedd, DNA deputy director fog operations and administration, on 28 August sign the Agreement between the [Defense Nuclear Agency and the Energy Researcn and Development Administratipbn regarding the Interagency Support for Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll. The fulfillmentiof the agreement is contingent upon congressional funding of the cleanup. ccording to the agreement's terms, the ERDA will provide directly or through contra scientific advice to the DNA on radiological activities. The agreempnt states It is not possible to reduce the radioactive contamination pre-test levels. It is possible...to rehabilitate the atoll in a manne that will assure the safety of the returning people by employing certai minimal and acceptable restrictions on land use and locally grown s, and by maintaining a continuing surveillance of the} residual radioactivity....The guidelines for radiological cleanup recomnjended by AEC/ERDA are based on Federal standards....The determinalion as to when the DOD cleanup activities have been successfully will be a joint DNA/ERDAdecision. gompleted According to the agreement, ERDA also will pursue such programrpatic activities as establishing baseline data for radiological protection of the Enewetakese, conducting biomedical and environmental monitoring on EnewetakAtoll, and aggicultural research and experimentation.” 17 Sep 75 ADMINISTRATION The DOD cites the decision to postpone resettlement indication that a new radiological survey of Bikini similar to t Enewetak is necessary. The DOD thusindicates a willingness to logistical support for the survey. Prior to making any commitmé@nts, the deputy secretary of defense calls for a comprehensive review of plans a programs that deal with the residual problems of nuclear weaponstesting in the Pacific. Oct 75 LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY RADIATION The people of Bikini file suit in U.S. District Court for the Qistrict of Hawaii with the People of Bikini et al vs. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., et al. andJrequest that the