were not included any comment, wy conversations nor was there I guess this may be omission by purpose but FREMONT-SMITH: omission, There's no known policy behind that . DONALDSON: Thank you, I think it's important we do consider them in the over-all problem of environnrent, particularly as far as the Pacific Ocean is concerned, To be a bit more definitive as to locale and wow onranan in any of the eke it's not for me to decide in tnis case, - WwW ~ “ 10 orders of magnitude, 12 the scale map of the United States over the area that we 12 will concentrate on, I hope, and talk about the Pacific test- 13 ing center with Johnson Island, Christmas Island and Bikini 14 ane the Eniwetok areas in this instance, may we just by contrast superimpose 15 UPTON: 16 DONALDSON: 17 FREMONT-SMITH: 18 21 Is that a Mercator projection? Yes. Be sure we get that in the volume, I've never seen this before and I think it's very striking. _ 19 20 : DONALDSON: I think this is one to one, but I'll be very happy to leave the slide with you if you wish it, “ Specifically again if we my just review our natural 22 history for a moment, atolls are most unusual structures. 23 Like the statement that you'll find in "The Voyage of the 24 Beagle" and other of Darwin's writings, that no biologist 25 can be really considered a qualified biologist unless he 26 has lived and worked in a coral atoll, 27 biological entities, and I'm sure those of you who have worked 28 at Bikini and Eniwetok or the other atolls probably have 29 cussed them or enjoyed them as your temperaments would 30 dictate your own behavior pattern, 32 They are very unique There are atolls that are dead atolls, such as 32 Christmas 33 sloughing of the atoll, Island where IL the growth is not quite equaling the There's a great deal of scientific ee OG ~ DOEIUCLA 2