sera” ‘ & . From this point on the discussion concerned ovtlining plans for a future survey designed for the purpose of determining repopulation plans and the countermeasures needed, A primary part of this resurvey would be a comprehensive external radiation survey. This involves a competent health physicist*® to be named by the Division of Operational Safety to plan and conduct a program of external gamma readings in transects across the two main islands. A DBM contractor-Laboratory of Radiation Ecology, the University of Washington, Seattle, would provide Ed Held who would collect some soil samples on the two main islands to correlate with the radiation survey. More terrestrial food samples, where avail- able, also would be taken. In order to accomplish this work on the Islands of Bikini and Enyu, it will require a team with machetes to hack their way through the thick underbrush across the islands for each of these profiles. To ease access to the entire islands, it may be helpful to clear away along the now practically overgrown roads which run lengthwise more or less down the middle of the Islands. Dr. Conard agreed that he would at the time of his trip to Rongelap recruit some four sturdy Rongelapese to help carry out this work. Mr. Milner agreed to seek Trust Territory specialists to go along with the group, one knowledgeable in agricultural practices as well as the food habits of the Bikini people, and the other an anthropologist. He would make a real effort to entice Professor Mason of the Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii, to accompany the group. Dr. Harley, HASL, offered any assistance he could give to the study. Dr. Gordon Dunning*® and his people from DOS indicated they would assume the responsibility for developing a meaningful pattern of external gamma monitoring which might - even include the placing out some fixed radiation dosimeters in strategic points for the several weeks' period. It was felt that it was particularly important to get information on that area of Bikini Island which had been occupied by the original commmnity and which likely would be the village site again. So far as this next go-round it would appear that it will not be excessively expensive and DBM will not have to ask for additional funds to defray the costs, It may well be that the most practical approach from the standpoint of planning would be to return one group of volunteers from Kili to Enyu to relieve the over-population problem at Kili. These people could help in undertaking rehabilitation of the Island of Bikini to receive the rest. As to Bikini itself it may be necessary to plow under several inches of soil or bulldoze off the top inch of the two islands in the entire areas where the new commnity would be established. This is to be expected to reduce very greatly the external exposure to those living in the community on a more or less 24-hour basis such as the womenand small children. Unless they had totally forgotten how to fish aeetmont of Energy -4- fice wistorian’s Of | S E V BROHI