DRAFT 46 6 Feb 75 ADMINISTRATION With the completion of the 1974 Enewetak radiological survey and the beginning of the clean-up phase, Gen. Emest Graves, the ERDA director of military application, recommends: | believe it now appropriate and timely to relieve DMA of its Enewetak responsibilities. The Assistant Administrator for Environment and Safety concurs in this view and will assume the lead within the ERDAforall Enewetak matters.” 19 Feb 75 ADMINISTRATION L. Joe Deal, assistant director for health protection, ERDA/DOS, does not concur with Graves’s proposal for a transfer of programmatic responsibility for Enewetak by saying, As long as DODis active in the deanup program, we believe DMA should continue its role. Until the cleanup is completed, we don’t know what problems mayarise that would need the assistance of the DOD weaponstest laboratories and contractors.” 7 Mar 75 ADMINISTRATION With input from the ERDA, the DOI requests that the DOD fundlogistical support for an additional radiological survey of Bikini Atoll.””" Apr 75 CONTRACTOR PLUTONIUM RADIATION . LRE and BNL staff collect samples from Kwajalein, Bikini, and Wotho Atolls for the DOS portion of the Pacific Radiological Program.” Urine bioassays from Bikini show leyels of plutonium” and plutonium’” higher than 1971bya factoroftent. “According tolaterinformation these fesults are suspect because’thesamples may haye been’ contaminated.” (See 8, Dec76). 9 Apr 75 fog tbe OS SES, Va TE Om : CONTRACTOR MEDICAL Nelson Anjain, magistrate of Rongelap village, signs a letter to Conard that states that the people of Rongelap do not want to see him again because hetreats them as research subjects rather than as ple. The letter adds that the Rongelapese want a doctorto live on the islandpermanently and no longer want to be under American control. Subsequently, Anjain admits that a memberof "friends of Micronesia" wrote the letter.” May 75 RADIATION + . The EPA accepts the DNA’s "Environmental Impact Statement on Cleanup, Rehabilitation, Resettlement of Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands (April 1975)." 7° SOCHEOY