-10- Ojelang Atoll is within the region of low level fallout. At least onca during the nuclear testing period, it is reported that the U.S. Navy temporarily evacuated the peosle of Ujelang by taking the entire comminity to sea during a tast operation. Today approximately 500 people make up the Ujelang-Znewetak community, with another 40 or so Ujelangese living on Ebeye or Majurc. With the start of the cleanup and rehabilitation program of Enewetak Atoll in 1976, a small revolving community of some 60 Ujelangese was permitted to live on Japtan Island in the southern part of Enewetak Atoll. Most of the members of the Ujelang community have thus lived for at least a six month ceriod on Japtan Island during the timespan of 1976-1960. In April 1980, the Japtan community was expanded to 140 individuals. As of July 1, 1980, 265 Enewetakese had returned to the three new comminities. Most of the remaining sopulation on Cjelang is expected to return to Enewetak and Medren within the coming year. Ujelang Atoll, however, will continue to be csed as a scurce of fresh food supply and will be in continual use for the next 9-10 years by the Enewetak people, sither by having an cutrost community there or a ravolving comminity. Health care for the people of Enewetak, accordingly, must be SS provided at Ujelang if a community remains there as well as Enewetak. The Department of Energy in the spring of 1980 carried out a “whole body" count on the entire Ujelang group orior to the planned return to the southern parts of Enewatak Atoll. No basic medical survey of the Enewetak group has as yet been carried out. (4) Other Atolls of the Northern Marshalls The Government of the Marshall Islands has expressed considerable concern that other atolls in she Northern Marshalls known to be in the areas of low level radiation fallout, should in reality be listed in the category of “affected atolis". In early 1979, the Govermment of the Marshall Islands on the basis of results of interviews, questionnaires, and examinations of the pecple of Likiep Atoll came to the conclusion that there is more than a normal incidence of thyroid disorders, throat sroblems, and other medical the seovle cof that ato The Government of the Marshalls has requested that the health of the people of Likiep and associated atolls be studied. The Desar=ment of tovide a biochemical seraening profile of the people of Likiep Atoll, and of the people of one other atoll in the Marshalls to be selected as a comparison population. Medical staf# would be included in the survey team. Necotiations between the Department of the Interior, the Deparment of Energy, and “he Goverment of the Marshall Islands currently (summer 1980) are underway ts accomplish “he carrying out of the screening profile of the poeple of Likiep Atoll.