" DR. JAMES LIVERMAN -2- 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