18 Investigations of fertilization (both macro and micro- nutrients), cover crops (legumes----Vigna, Canavalia; other atoll vegetation----Wedelia, Ipomoa), intercropping with banana and papaya, effects of grove maintenance, etc., are needed, Physiological investigations of foliar analysis to determine an index for fertilizer requirements in coconut groves affords & project of real benefits. Also the adoption of chemical weedicides in the maintenance of groves, which at present are laboriously brushed by manual labor, may well add much to the proper maintenance of groves. Studies in the culture of other tropical crops, which in many respects have only been slightly investigated, should also be included in the progran. No doubt, a research program of such a scope would require considerable financing and it is hardly likely that the Trust Territory Government would be able to direct such amounts toward an intensive research program. As suggested by Dr. Edward E. Held, Officer in Charge of the 1967 Bikini Radiological Resurvey, a cooperative type of research program between the Trust Territory and other research institutions, such as the East-West Center, the University of Hawaii, or other agencies capable of funding and providing the technical resources required in such a program may be initiated to derive mutual benefits. such as AEC, The possibility of grants from organizations, the Pacific Science Board of the National Research Council, the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, etc., should be earnestly looked into. Vital One EhEray Departmen ce Historian's Offi ARCHIVES