DRAFT/6/21/79
MEMORANDUM FOR HONORABLE
FROM:
Matthew C.
SUBJECT:
ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI
401737
Nimetz
Micronesian Nuclear Claims
This paper is in response to the President's request to
submit a single paper containing the views of all agencies
with respect to the following item:
Q)
"--$10,000,000 one time payment to extinguis
land claims resulting from the U.S. nuclear seasons
testing program in the Northern Marshall Islands;
and authorization to continue and extend the U.S.
“.) health care, compensation and monitoring activities!
undertaken in consequence of that program. '
All agencies recommend approval of this item. -It would
authorize action on the following recommendations of Fhe
Interagency Group:
{1)
Land Claims
,
‘The background to this recommendation is(Bntaines in
the memorandum at Tab A.
The United States sHould seek to
negotiate settlement of known and definable land claims.
A
figure of $10 million is recommended for the reasons stated
in the attachment at Tab B.
(2)
Compensation for Personal Injury
Public Law 95-134 provided levels of
compensation for personal injury to people from Rongelap and
Utirik exposed accidentally to radiation in 1954. Without provision in the Compact, this legislation will expire when
the Trusteeship ends.
The United States should continue the
compensation provided for in Public Law 95-134 in the posttrusteeship period and extend that coverage to all affected
Marshallese.
Cost of this program to date has been $1,383,000.
The
cost of the extended program has not yet been estimated. See
Tab C.
(3)
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The “programs_. of..treatmept and inspection estab-
-lished in Public Law95-134-for Rongelap-andUtirikshould
becontinued,—and-iftlaterestablisned-medical—evidence———
Warrants,
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such programs should be extended to all radiation-
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