" DR. JAMES LIVERMAN
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TO OTHERS THOSE WE CANNOT ANSWER. THE PURPOSE OF OUR |
VISIT, I HAVE STATED, IS TO SUPPORT DISTAD DEBRUM IN
INFORMING THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI OF OUR CURRENT STATE OF °
KNOWLEDGE OF RADIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND TO PROVIDE
ADVICE AS REQUESTED PERTAINING TO THEIR PLANS.
OUR HOPE
IS TO BUILD THE PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE AND OUR CREDIBILITY
SO THAT WE CAN BECOME A CONSTRUCTING INFLUENCE IN THEIR
PLANNING.
IN THIS CONTEXT A CONTEST BETWEEN US CAN ONLY
BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
WE MAY HAVE REACHED ALLEN, BUT
ONLY THE KILI TRIP WILL TELL.
IN ANY EVENT, WE HAVE HADA
CORDIAL RECEPTION FROM THE DISTAD, DIST. ATTORNEY, PLANNERS
AND OTHERS.
JOE MURPHEY, EDITOR OF THE MICRONESIAN INDEPENDENT
HAS
ADDRESSED A SERIES OF GENERALLY GOOD QUESTIONS TO DISTAD
DEBRUM WHO HAS REFERRED THEM TO US.
WE PLAN TO ANSWER
THESE AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS AND MAY END UP WITH FAIRLY
GOOD COVERAGE IN NEXT WEEK'S PAPER.
MURPHY HAS BEEN
COOPERATIVE AND IF GIVEN FACTS WILL PRINT THEM, I BELIEVE.
FINALLY THE NEW CLASS OF 31 PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS HERE
ON MAJURO HAVE FOUND THE BIKINI SITUATION AN INTERESTING
ONE FOR SPECULATION, RUMOR AND CONCERN (EXAMPLE 1:
"THE
PEOPLE ON BIKINI HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIR MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE