DRAFT
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30 Mar 84
AGREEMENT
The President transmits the COFA to Congress.“™
1 May 84
CLAIMS
RADIATION
RELOCATION
:
The people ofBikinifile a class action suit against the ex
U.S. government. The plaintiffs seek declaratory and equitable reli
cleanupofBikini Atoll, the restoration of the atoll to its former con
resettlement of the Bikini people to their atoll.“*
3 May 84
ADMINISTRATION
DP’s role in the Marshall Islands Program includes: pr
surveillance and care to persons accidentally exposed to radiation Buring the Castle
Bravo test, radiological studies of the environment and monitoring pf the population
living on the atolls, and the logistical support of these two activifies. The DOIis
developing the four-atoll health plan for submission to Congress. No DP fundingis
involved in the development or implementation of the health planf*
15 May 84
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
PASO issues the
Operations Plan, Mission Number 7, FY[1984, for a June
1984 trip to Utirik, Rongelap and Enewetak as part of the tBoassay program
conducted by BNL*”
25 May 84
ADMINISTRATION
CONTRACTOR
MEDICAL
T.T. High Commissioner Janet J. McCoy expresses gratitufe to Maj. Gen.
William W. Hoover, DOE deputy assistant secretary for military application, for
assistance provided the T.T. administration by Roger Ray and D@E over the past
three years, especially during “numerous critical phases of the Compact of Free
Association approval process" before Congress.”
Exceeding its mandate, the BNL conducts 434 complete medjcal examinations
of the Marshallese during its visit to the Marshail Islands under PL
actually applies only to the 174 islanders affected by the 1954
31 May 84
POLICY
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Marshall Islands Sen. Jeton Anjain informs W.J. Stanley
95-134, which
Bravo fallout.“
PASO that his
constituents “will not attend the Radiological Safety Program next gme if Mr. Harry
Brown, DOE/PASO will accompany the Medical team to Rongefap, Majuro, and
Ebeye." (See 20 Jul 84 for the response to this letter.) According to Anjain, the
Marshallese “feel that Mr. Harry Brown always treats them like they are animals,
every time he gives them little food he calls them asif they are ctfickens...“