DRAFT 36 17 May 72 CONTRACTOR RADIATION T.T. officials, escorting a group of Enewetakese council members and their lawyers, and Roger Ray, NV assistant manager for operations, arrive on Enewetak. The AEC survey team advises Ray on the possibility of high alpha contamination on Runit Island, and Ray briefs DNA PACE personnel and workers just arriving from Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) on preliminary survey findings. The Scripps people leave, and the PACE people remain to continue preparations for high explosive cratering experiments.” 20 May 72 ADMINISTRATION RADIATION RELOCATION At the close-out meeting for the Marshallese visit to Enewetak the T.T.officials and Enewetakese leaders want an early return of Enewetakese to Enewetak. The Enewetakese wish to draw up specifications for rehabilitation and express dissatisfaction with the continued use of their land. Ray agrees to convey to appropriate authorities the need for central coordination of all future actions relating to Enewetak and the necessity of keeping the Marshallese and T.T. administration advised of U.S. actions and intentions. NV manager Robert E. Miller requests “the establishment at the Washington level of a single managerforall future United States actions pertaining to Eniwetok".”” Ray returns to Kwajalein and recommendsto Air Force authorities a quarantine of Runit Island to prevent dispersion of contamination because the road between the dock and the PACE work area passes through a highly contaminated area.™ 24 May 72 RADIATION Runit Island is quarantined and the Air Force orders a cessation of all operations there. Only minimum essential personnel are authorized access to the island until NV issues recommendations.™ 26 Jul - 2 Aug 72 RADIATION A joint AEC-DODteam visits Enewetak Atoll to survey those portions of Runit Island to used in a PACE cratering experiment to determine necessary precautions for conducting the planned PACE experiment or for relocating the experiment. The eight-member surveillance team consists of two people from Air Force Weapons Laboratory, three from the DNA, two from the AEC, and one from the WERL. 1 Aug 72 ADMINISTRATION The AEC assigns the assistant general manager for military application (AGMMA) "the overall authority and responsibility within the AEC for coordinatin interagency and intra-agency matters related to the rehabilitation of the Eniwetok Atoll.” Later in August the AGMMA assigns the NV responsibility for all AEC field operations associated with the rehabilitation.” 900k 394