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PAGE 2 RUWMFGA@226 UNCLAS ENGLAND OR JAPAN OR CHINA, HE SAID, "WHO TOLO US IN 1968 THAT IT WAS
SAFE TO RETURN TO BIKINI. IT WAS THE UNITED STATES SCIENTISTS WHO. SAID
BIKINI WAS SAFE. PERHAPS {tT WAS PROVIDENCE WHICH KEPT US FROM RETURNING THEN; WE WOULD ALL BE DEAD FROM RADIATION BY NOW.” | EXPLAINED
THAT BIKINI
IS SAFE. AND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETURNED THERE ARE NOT
IN DANGER, BUT THAT OUR RECENT SURVEY AND LASORATORY WORK HAS LED US TC
CONCLUDE THAT CERTAIN BIKINI FOODS SHOULD NOT BE EATEN. (THIS IS A VERY
BRIEF SUMMARY. WE WILL PREPARE A MORE COMPLETE RECORD.)
2, 1N MY SECOND REPORT FROM MAJURO |
INDICATED SOME APPREHENSION ABOUT
THE ROLE OF ATTORNEY GEORGE ALLEN. HE DID NOT OISAPPOINT ME. FOLLOWING My REMARKS HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF, PROMISED TO BE THE PEOPLE'S
CHAMPION, ANDO THEN PROCEEDED TO EXPRESS HIS RESERVATIONS REGARDING
ERDA'S PRESENTATIONS AND ACTIONS. DISTAD DEBRUM DESCRIBES THAT SCENE AS
A CROSS EXAMINATION, WHEREIN ALLEN CHALLENGED ICRP AND FRC STANDARDS,
THE OBJECTIVITY OF OUR ADVISORS, ETC. HE INDICATED THAT HE COULD NOT
ADVISE HIS CLIENTS TO ACCEPT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL THEY COULO BE
STUDIED BY OTHER INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS, AND INVOKED THE DOI PRESS RELEASE AS SUPPORT FOR HIS POSITION. HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE KILI PEOPLE
NOT RETURN TO BIKINI PENDING FURTHER ACTION IN THEIR BEHALF BY LEGAL
SERVICES.
IN THIS PROCESS ALLEN ALSO QUESTIONED AND CROSS EXAMINED PAUL