; we) . . , REPOSITORY SO couscron DOE ' - a f TRIMS ~ Anis COALSpat UAH72f BE a | ‘ SOF: aoe Sa DK RATUZYUW RHEGGING 22S 2452435 eUUUUH"RURMF GA, As Eh ZNR UUULU R 2221352 SEP 75 FM USERDA MARTIN @ BYLES WASHDE TO RUKGSAA/KOSER RAY DISTAD MAJURO MARSHALL ISLANDS INFO RREGNVC/USERDA MK E GATES LAS VEGAS NEVADA RUEBHSA/Y DEYOUNG, DOTA DOL KASHDC eKMFGA/OMDR KMR KWAJALEIN MARSHALL ISLANDS AE * 22 27 . in CLAS REFERENCE YOUR TeX, SEPTEMBER 1, 1975, ADDRESSED TG JY Ly LIVERMAN REQUESTING CLARJFICATION OF POSI]TION PRESENTED AT LLL MEETING AUGUST 12 ON USE OF 42 HOUSES ALREADY CONSTRUCTED ON BIKINI] ISLAND, TRE DRAFT SEPFORT PRESENTSD 2Y US AT.TRE MEETING CONTAINED SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO NEW HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION iN THE ATOLL AND TO USE OF THE EXJSTING FORTY HOUSES ON BIKIN] ISLAND, THERE WAS NOG, REPEAT NG, RECOMMENDATION AGAINST IMMEDIATE USE OF TKE EXISTING 42 MOUSES AND THERE KAS NO RECEM« MENDATICN FOR ANY LELAY [IN OCCUPYING THESE HOUSES, THIS IS STILL OUR FOSITION, PARA, THE ANNGUNCEMENT EY DOI] OF A SJXeMONTH DELAY IN RETURN OF ADDITIONAL PECPLE TO LIVE IN TRE HOUSES ON BIKINI ISLAND CANNOT 5E DRAWN FROM OUR-RECOMMENDATONS PRESENTED AT JHE AUGUST PAGE 2 RREGGTN2U28 UNCLAS MEETING CR FROM ANY GISCUSSIJONS HELD WITH THOSE ATTENDING, TO THE CONTRARY, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS STATE THAT EXISTING HOUSES ALONS THE LAGOON ROAD MAY BE OCCUPIED WITHIN PRESCRISED GUIDELINES, TRE ONLY DISCUSSION OF A SIX*MONTH PERIOD IS RELATED TO OuR ESTIMATE OF TIME NEEDED TO ANALYZE SAMPLES COLLECTED IN JUNE AND EVALUATE INTERNAL EXPOSURES THROUGH ThE FOOD CHAIN AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON LOCALLY GROWN FOODS FOR USE BY THOSE LIVING GN BIKIN] ISLAND, THIS ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE WILL NOT KAVE RELEVANCE TO LIVING IN THE ROUSES SUT RELATES TO CUR CONCERN FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS EXPECTED JN CERTAIN FOODS GROWN ON BIKINI ISLAND, PARA, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED DURING TRE MEETING THAT JF HOUSES WERE NOT ALREADY BUILT ON BIKINI ISLAND, WOULD THIS BE RECOMMENDED? MY ANSHER HAS THAT SIVEN A CHOICE, BUILSING THE FIRST KOUSES CN ENEY WAS PREFERASLE, SUT 1 CONTINUED AND SAID THAT SINCE HOUSES ARE ALREADY SUILT ON BIKINI ISLAND, THEY SKOULD SE USED, IN OUR PRESENTATION OF EXTERNAL RADIATION DOSE ESTIMATES FOR THOSE LIVING IN HOUSES ALREADY CONSTRUCTED ON BIKIN] JSLAND, ®E SHC*#ED DOSE VALUES WELL WITHIN ANNUAL AND 32 YEAR STAKDARDS, WITH RESPECT TO INTCRNAL RADIATION DGSE, WE eS CAUTIONED THAT RESTRICTIONS WOULD SE N&eDED ON USE OF CERTAIN LOCA ON FOODS GROWN ON EIKIN] ISLAND TO JNSURE THAT THE SUM OF EXTERNAL Ko ~_-%