DRAFT 63 27 Feb 81 ADMINISTRATION : Robert L. Morgan, DOE acting assistant secretary for defense programs, proposes a reorganization of Defense Programs (DP) to comply with the reorganization of DOE by Secretary James B. Edwards. Morgan recommends, among numerous weapons responsibilities, that the deputy assistant secretary for military application exercise direction over the office of safety, environment and emergency actions. M. Whitley of DP prepares these proposals for Morgan.” Mar 81 POLICY RELOCATION Approximately 100 Enewetak people return to Ujelang from Enewetak because of lack of coconuts and other fresh fruits.” Enewetak leaders petition the U.N. Trusteeship Council to continue the trusteeship arrangementwith the U.S. after the agreement has been terminated with the rest of -Micronesia.*”' 7 Apr 81 ADMINISTRATION Following a DOE departmental reorganization transferring the biological and environmental research (BER) program from the former office of the assistant secretary for the environmentto the office of energy research (ER), N. Douglas Pewitt, acting director of ER, proposes placing nonresearch Marshall Islands projects related to medical surveillance in the new office of the assistant secretary for environmental protection, safety, and emergency preparedness (ASEP).°” 27 May 81 ADMINISTRATION "DOE's Miactivities are at a crossroads," writes Tommy McCraw, DOE health physicist, in response to Dr. Bruce Wachholz’s question of who should manage the DOE Marshall Islands program and whether NV should administer it. McCraw * mentions thatdisagreements have occurred between the NV and headquarters staffs over wtid ‘should manage the Marshall Islands program and how it should be operated:.' THe NV representatives, says McCraw, have given the Marshallese the invptession that the NV has "almost endless resources" compared to the T.T.officials. McCraw’al#o states that the AEC and the ERDA management "were neverwilling to formally give NV more responsibility in the Marshalls than responsibility for logistics support." According to McCraw, the DOEandits predecessors have received no clear directions from Congress to provide radiological follow-up in the Marshalls; moreover, McCrawfinds that the DOE “currently has no approved policy and no plan for these activities." McCraw concludes that giving NV staff the responsibility for the DOE Marshall tslands program will give the impression in Washington and Majuro that the DOEwishes to provide leadership on Marshall Islands matters that will require new responsibilities and enlarged funding “with no end in sight.” 26 Oct - 20 Nov 81 ‘ ’ ADMINISTRATION Citing a “very large program growth," Herman E. Roser, DOE assistant secretary for DP, on 26 October recommends and on 20 November DOESecretary Edwards approves a reorganization of DP to consolidate program managementareas and to delegate program management responsibilities to three deputy assistant T0082 |