DRAFT 13 of the Marshallese, the "CMM consider restoration to preevacuation standards is inescapable moral responsibility [of] both AEC and DOD.. .” (Possibly "CMM" refers to the commander.) Clarkson believes that CINCPACFLT should be assigned responsibility with AEC assistance for continued medical observation of the islanders and accompanying radiological studies.” 27 Apr 54 ADMINISTRATION RELOCATION Persons not affected or slightly affected by Castle have been moved to a tent camp on Ebeye Island, Kwajalein Atoll, and the high commissioner of the T.T. expects the DOD and the AECto restore clothing andlivestock and assure continued medical checks as needed to the Marshallese evacuees.” May 54 RADIATION RELOCATION The Utirik residents are allowed to return to their island, which Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) physicians find "only slightly contaminated and considered safe for habitation.”* 2 May 54 RADIATION RELOCATION Bugher, the AEC/DBM director, reports that "it appears to be undesirable" for Rongelap residents to return to their home for a year but that the health of the islanders seems to be satisfactory. 21 May 54 CONTRACTOR MEDICAL PLUTONIUAL. ...,. RADIATION . _ Commenting onthe LASL analysis’ éf ‘data. on plutonium excretion from urinalysis of the Rongelapese, Gardori Dunning, AEC/DBM health physicist, questions the reliability of the LASL data. According to the LASL data, three ofthe readings reported are above the maximum permissible body burden.” 24 May 54 RADIATION RELOCATION Gordon Dunning of AEC reports that the highest strontium” value on Naen Island is 0.5 microcuries per square foot and on Rongelap 1.6 x 107 microcuries per square foot. He adds that “only a small fraction” a the Rongelapese food supply comes from island plants; that the calcium contentis significantly greater than 1,000 poundsper acre and thuswill correspondingly reduce the strontium uptake; and that weathering may eliminate a small amount of the strontium activity. Therefore, Dunning thinks that the amount of strontium” in the soils should not prevent a return of the Rongelapese to their islands.”