= UNITED STATES Memorandum ‘TO FROM | : FILES ~ st pare: January 26, 1967 : Charles L. Dunham, M.D., Director _ Division of BLlology and Medicine SUBJECT: MEETING ON BIKINI DATA - JANUARY 24, 1967 — In response to a letter from the Secretary of Interior, Stewart Udall, end a following letter from Under-Secretary Sisco, Department of State, the Division of Biology and Medicine called a meeting to consider the available information on the radiation levels on the Atoll of Bikini and what additional information would be required to make a rational decision as to whether or not it would be safe to return the Bikini natives some 200 strong from Kili, Majuro, Jaluit, and a few other places to their home atoll. The following persons attended the meeting: University of Washington ; i ' Dr. Allyn H. Seymour Dr. Arthur D. Welander ; Brookhaven National Laboratory, : Dr. Stanton Cohn i , Dr. Gordon M. Dunning Dr. Roy D. Maxwell Mr. Tommy F. McCraw - Mr. Robert E. Allen Dr. Robert A. Conard . Division of Operational Safety 7 .. . __. Department of Interior Division of Biology: and Medicine C. L. Dunham, M.D. . H. D. Bruner, M.D. George Milner, Trust Territory Dr. S. Allan Lough Federal Radiation Council Dr. Paul C. Tompkins - Mr. C. C. Palmiter Dr. W.E. Lotz Dr. Leonard Sagan Health & Safety Laboratory, NYOO Dr. John : H. Harley Dr. John N. Wolfe Mr. Arnold Joseph Dr. Philip F. Gustafson Department of Energy ; : . _ Historian’ s Office ARCHIVES Division of International Affairs William L. Yeomans The meeting was opened with a review of the environmental radiation situation of the atoll based on the data obtained in the summer of 1964 by the University of Washington group. That 1964 survey was a reconnaissance operation to appraise the overall situation in the atoll. It included spot survey meter readings for external gamma and gamma-beta - 2 - Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan