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SUBJECT: Support for Department of the Interior Radiological Survey
of Bikini Atoll; DoD Funding Requested (U) - ACTION
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((U) The Secretary of the Interior letter (TAB A) requests DoD provide
a base support ship, two helicopters and airlift in support of a radio-
} logical survey of Bikini Atoll and other islands.
The Bikini survey is
required to enable Interior to avoid disruption of the Bikini resettlement
plan, and the potentially serious implications attendant to such disrupThe additional survey of other islands is a longer-range matter.
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With respect to the Bikini support alone, the cost to Interior on a re:m-
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e.The Secretary ofthe Interior has indicated that
failure toconductthe survey could have serious political implications
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(C) This brings us to a situation very similar to that encountered in te
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The Office of the General Counsel then determined that
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This aspect has been discussed with
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N{(U) The enclosed response to Interior presents a workable proposal for
the Bikini survey support, It does not include the larger oroject for the
other islands, since the ship is not available for the longer time period.
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