Trip Report -4- Record of Ebeye Meeting, January 29, 1979 The meeting was attended by about 60 people with Dr, John Iaman and Sato Mayai acting as translators. Scott Stege introduced Dr. Pratt, me, and himself. I described the DOE/TTPI agreement on Rongelap and Utirik and told them that their claims would be paid when TTPI got their paperwork to us. Q. A. The man next to you has 3 years to live paid for 5 months. HUB; Has not been Why? We will pay as soon as we get the claim, Pratt: Thanked everybody for coming. BNL has only the medical responsibility to do the very best job. DOE is the one to address for money problems. HUB has worked hard to get the money and he needs claims documents. Dr. Pratt then gave an explanation of U.S. Government structure, stressing that BNL was only a small part of it. Then HUB: Distad and Mr. Stege are very aware the need to get the documents and will work hard to produce them, Scott Stege: All people who were told that there was no money should go to the District Finance Office and make a claim. Exposed or controlled persons are entitled to $9.00 a day, transportation, and meals on the ship. 1 Donald Matthew, Utirik Councilman: Why did it take DOE this long to find out that we didn't get the money? [a HUB: We found out through Judy Knapp and rather accidentally on a trip that I took to Majuro. "S Doesn't like the word accident. you know we hadn't been paid. [ HUB: Sorry if the word accident is offensive to you but the DOE agreement is to reimburse the Trust Territory the money that they Pay out. We wili do this but we can't do it until we find out what their payments were. 1s The money that Trust Territory pays under this agreement is reimbursed by DOE. The reimbursement process if hampered to date with Inadequate records. Are you saying that our local government failed. That means neglect. crt Cc ay Chi cA PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED Why didn’t