Ate ct » MEMORANGUM FORM TY-$70G . TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS TO Office ef the High Commissioner, Saipan DATE:29 October 1920 : High Commissioner FROM: TTP? LNO Kwajalein SUBJECT: Ki]i Dose Assessment Trip ~- October 5-9 (Majuro/Saipan dates used throughout this memo) Background -- While on Saipan in early September [{ was requested by the High Commissioner to accompany the U.S. delegation on its dose assess~ ment trip to Kili in early October. That trip resulted from a request by Bikinians, who had attended the Ujelang Dose Assessment Conference in September of 1979, for a similar presentation covering Bikinj Atoll. The following individuals comprised the U.S. delegation: Hal Hollister-DOE Bruce Wachholz-DO0E Tommy McC raw-DOE Steve Gotlieb-DOE legal counsel Roger Ray-DOE Bill Robison-Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Dr. Bill Bair-Pacific Northwest Laboratory Reynold deBrum-DOE Maiuro representative Gordon Law-DO0l Gary Boehlke-DOI legal counsel (NEPA) Alice Buck-DOE (translator) Also accompanying the delegation were Marshal! Islands Government Chief Secretary Oscar deBrum and aid to the MIG Foreign Affairs Secretary, Edina] Jorkan. Judy Knape, at the request of Ted Mitchell, and Jeff Jefferson of the Marshall Islands Atomic Litigation Project as Henchi Balos' special observer, also accompanied the group. Cost of Transportation -- The Marshall Islands Government assigned the Micro Palm as the charter vessel for the trip to Kili. The ship was in exceptionally clean condition, had just been repainted and was commanded by the redoubtable Captain Moses, in the opinion of most, the finest sea captain working in the Marshalls. The only mechanical problem experienced was with the.outboard motor on the Palm's small boat which malfunctioned as we arrived at Kili, requiring the captain to borrow a 25 horsepower motor from a Kitian, ‘Captain Samuel''. The borrowed motor fell off the Palm's small boat during landing efforts our first day at Kili. Having had his motor fully immersed, Captain Samuel asked Oscar deBrum for a replacement motor (the life of a motor is reputedly diminished by one-fourth following a dunking). Additionally, the three Bikinians who used the Palm's and their own boats to ferry people on and off Kili requested pay for their labor and $50.00 per person was fixed upon. The Department of Energy will verify these costs, pilus the -cost of chartering the Micro Palm, ta the High Comnissioner