Aurmaat 11, 1980 my. Richard D. Copakes Ceringgoa & burlins 362 16eh Street, 8. YW. Wasifagtoa, D>. C. 20606 Bear “Yr. Copakes: At oor weetinssen éurust 4 awl 6 coacerning a bealth plan fer the Marshall Islance, I agreed to previdéda veu with our proposed Seope of York to prospective contractors. Follewiag these meetiags, we concluded that we could sor bepe for realiseic Tespoases to requests to presapective contractors if we deferred our initial wailias to them until sometime after August 15. Aa I recall, we bed tnformally Terreseatet to yeu Chet we woulc prebably defer that agiling uncil after Aucest 18, becanse thac fe the deadline chet ve provided te you for commente eo sur proposed contrace. Os further considerations, however, it eppeared that we could eet delay that leaz, and still nope to hawe the contract Tesalts ia haad by uid-Novenber. Accordingly, the attached conmscication was mailed on August 38 te seven prospective contractors. A list ef the seven is attaches. All aames of individvels and institutions that were suggested to us by affecte! peoples, by the Covernomest of the Marehall Islands, or by their lawyers, are included You will recognize that a part of the sttachment is derivei from the ciscussion paper thet was pefome us at the Aucust 4 and © mextings. We have made sows changes to reflect views then expressed. We await whatever further sugrestions you sey wish to seke te ut by the close of basiness on August 1f, 28 stated ia eur Discussion Paper. Following that date, we expect to issue « supplementary document, modifying che actached is light of the views sabeitted te as by that date. I regret that tins is so short, but we enust adbere to our preposed ascaedule if we are to meet our January 1, 1961, statutory deadline. Sincerely, n Wallace 0- Gree Wallace 0. Creen Assistant Secretary Designate Territorial ani Intereational Affairs Identical letter to Theodore Mitenell and Jocarhan