Ray:

Atl right, Senator.

Senator John:

I was interested to hear you say that the island of Bikini

is different from all of the other islands in these atolls.

But now I want

to ask pointedly, face to face, how about Runit and Enjebi?
Ray:

You are correct, Senator, that I should have mentioned Runit because

it is a special case.

I was thinking of it as an island that is not now

and has not been intended to be, for some years, a residence island.
certainly is an exception.

It

It's not quite the same situation as Bikini but

-all of us agree that residence on Runit would not be advisable.

As to

Enjebi, Enjebi is, has been reported to the people of Enewetak, and the,

and the dose expectations for living on Enjebi have been reported.

It

falls within this same range, the range of numbers that we're talking about
here.

Bill you can help me with what they are.

Robison:

It is very near the guidelines.

It is right around the

guidelines for that island.
Ray:

Enjebi is very close to the guideline, very close to the standards.

Buck:

Ray:

Close to the standard?

Close to the guidelines.

Senator John: Okay, well, I would really like a clarification on Enjebi
then, since I have heard what you have just said.

I understand, that, I

know that there has been plenty of breadfruit planted for experimentation,
for observation at Enjebi and we are in a situation now where we're hungry.

We have, and there are plenty of ripe breadfruit at Enjebi.

Would I have

your recommendation, permission to notify my people that they can eat
breadfruit from Enjebi, that breadfruit which is grown there and that was

in a test situation but is ripe and ready to eat and we need it?

We are

out of food at other places, so can we go to Enjebi and harvest breadfruit
there?

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