PAGE 3 RUHHWIAO19& UNCLAS TWO ISLANDS OF THE ATOLL, BIKINI AND ENEU, WERE DETERMINED IN 1967 TO BE SAFE FOR HABITATION WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS NECESSARY FOR RIKINI ISLAND. SINCF THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI ATOLL TRADITIONALLY HAD THEIR MAIN LIVING SETTLEMENT ON PIKINI ISLAND, THEY ELECTEL TO HAVE THE NEW SETTLEMENT STARTED THERE WITH TEE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME RESTRICTIONS WERE NEEDED AND CONTINUAL RADIOLOGICAL CHECKS WERE TO RE MADE BOTH PEFORE AND AFTER THEIR RETURN TO Thc ISLAND. AS PART OF THE CONTINUING MONITORING OF BIKINI ATOLL A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY ERDA IN JUNE 1975, REVFALS THE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES RECOMMENDED IN 1967 MAY REQUIRE MODIFICATION, A STULY OF THE JUNE 1975 DATA IS UNDERWAY AND DEFINITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WITH PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS OF WHICH EIKINI ATOLL IS A PART, HAS PEEN CONSTRUCTING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW SETTLEMENT ON BIKINI ISLAND, THE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THIS WEEK THAT THE FIRST OFFICIAL CONTINGENT WAITING ON KILI SHOULD DELAY THEIR MOVE FENCING FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE RECENT RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY, PAGE 4 RUHHWIAO19& UNCLAS DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR OSCAR DEBRUM OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS DISTRICT, REPRESENTATIVES OF ERDA AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI ARF SCHEDULED TO DEPART MAJURO, THE DISTRICT CENTER, THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER FOR KILI ISLAND, THERE THEY WILL DISCUSS WITH THE BIKINI PFOPLE THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THE JUNE 1975 SURVEY PRIOR TO ANY RESETTLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS, ENEU ISLAND, WHICH LIES FOUR MILES FROM BIKINI ISLAND AND FORMS PART OF THE OVERALL HABITATION AREA, HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER ANY RESTRICTIONS, FURTHER STUDIES ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION, Un CUOTE, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BRACKET SIGN IS USED IN LIEU OF A OWE IN The DISTRIBUTION DATE REVISION ON THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT, THIS APFEAKS 10 BE A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR AS SHOWN ON THE SCRIPT HANDCARRIED TO FASO FROM BOB LAW, HONOLULU TRUST TERRITORY REPRESENTATIVE, THE BRACKiT SIGN IS LOCATED ON THE SAME TYPEWRITER KEY AS THE 1 AND IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DATE IS MAY 12, 1975 WHICH WAS TYPED AS BRACKET SIGN 2, BRACKET SIGN 975, ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DATE IS A REVISION OF THE DISTRIPFUTION FORMAT, THE DATE OF THE FRESS RELEASF IS 8/23/75. THIS WAS CONFIRMED EY MR, LAW, NOTE TO R, RAY: MANUEL DEEBRUY IS THE CONFIRMED NAME, END MSG, OP-577. BT #0198 NNNN oaCa gyTony . SS a oo! ow am Va Ce oo ry ' . a4 "ye . ~, "