CONGRESS OF MICRONESIA SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS 96950 SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE CONCERNING RONGELAP & February 28, 1974 UTIRIK ATOLLS Senator Olympio T. Borja, Chairman Representative Timothy Oikeriil Representative Ataji Balos The Honorable Tosiwo Nakayama President of the Senate Congress of Micronesia and The Honorable Bethwel Henry Speaker of the House of Representatives Congress of Micronesia Dear Sirs: Pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 73, adopted by the First Regular Session of the Fifth Congress of Micronesia, your Special Joint Committee Concerning Rongelap and Utirik Atolls, herewith presents its reports to the Congress on compensation for the people of the aforesaid atolls. This document represents the third report by your Conmittee to the Congress of Micronesia. The first report, as required by P.L. 4C-33 was presented to the Presiding Officers of the Congress on May 16, 1972. This interim report presented some of the Committee's findings to that date and outlined its future plans. The second report on Medical Aspects of the Incident of March 1, 1954 was presented to the First Regular Session of the Fifth Congress in February 1973, As recommended, this report has also been summarized and translated into the Marshallese language and will be distributed to the people of Rongelap and Utirik. The report, which we submit now, deals with various aspects of possible compensation for these people who were irradiated, dislocated, and certain of whom have suffered illness and other affects from their experience of nearly 20 years ago. Accordance with its previous report, this report also make certain recommendations which it feels are both practical and reasonable, with which we hope the people of Rongelap and Utirik and the members of this Congress will agree and will find satisfactory. cou ae amare pen acre gee Saath gee ER epRE ETT AMTTET RE 1 te Pe Eade sf Tore OT EE Flot whe, sendy ws Dat Se on pogronre: