. 407817 j w% Dp %«Battelle ; Pacific Northwest Laboratories ‘ j PO. Box 999 R:chland, Washington U.S.4. 99352 Telephone (509) Telex 15-2874 March 9, 1983 Mr. David E. Patterson Acting Director Office of Operational Safety Office for Environmental Protection, Safety & Emergency Preparedness Department of Energy EP-32, GTN Germantown, MD 20545 Dear Ed: Enclosed are three (3) copies of a 99 page transcription of the tape recording I made of the meeting between representatives of DOE and those of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, held at Majuro on December 8 and 9, 1982. Two copies of the tapes are being mailed separately... I believe the transcription is a reasonably faithful representation of what was spoken in English and recorded on the tapes and is close to being verbatim. We omitted a few ands, ahs, ohs, etc., but most are included. No attempt was made to correct the English but I did insert punctuation at what .I thought were appropriate places, as indicated by the intonations of the speakers. The transcription is least accurate in those places where there were background discussions and more than one person speaking simultaneously. blank. A few spoken words were not intelligible and was left as a Copies of the transcription and tapes are being distributed as follows: Number of Copies Transcription Tapes Ed Patterson Bruce Wachholz Tommy McCraw Roger Ray 3 1 1 6* Joop Thiessen Ed Lessard 1 1 Bill Robison Alice Buck 1 2 Vic Bond 2 2* i 1 1 *Extras for distribution to Republic cf Marshall Islands. ge aR. Historical Rad Safe Tom F. McCraw 14339 Royer Rd.Caarade MD 217i Records