-6- , Mr. George Allen said that he had talked to the Magistrate at Kili via shortwave radio on Monday, September 15, and received the impression that only two of the elders on the Council now are insistent about going back within the next several months. He did not know, however, how many family members would be involved with these two leaders. He.thought that there might be a somewhat less pressing problem about early return than had peen indicated at the Kili meeting. He noted, though, that the shortwave radio contact was, at best, tentative and felt that the only way to get a reliable reading is to go back to Kili Island for additional meetings. It was his belief that regardless of the current restrictions and future patterns of life in Bikini, some 150 younger people might wish to remain on Kili Island and perhaps another group might wish to live on Jaluit Island. OTHER POINTS RAISED Ex Gratia Payment Mr. Allen commented on matters with respect to the Bikini Ex Gratia payment. He thinks it essential that the rightful clain- ants be identified. A formula for distribution should be determined now and this should come from the Bikini Council. He commented that numbers may be inflated by the desire to participate in Ex Gratia payment and stated that he was planning to attempt to identify "rightful families" by district-wide census. Mr. Gilmore (Holmes and Narver), referred to the census done in 1974 for the Master Plan which identified 426 people on Kili and Bikini Islands, with another 362 individuals who claimed Bikini affiliation scattered elsewhere in the Marshalls. This gives a Planning figure of 784. — . - Unawareness of People of Bikini of Earlier AEC Reports Mr. Allen stated that MLSC (Marshalls) is translating the 1967 AEC report on Bikini Atoll as well ds. a summary on Rongelap in order that the people of Bikini can have access to first-hand information. translated. He felt that more original information should be Mr. Zeder closed the meeting by assuring the principal Participants that DOI would do everything it could to cooperate with Other agencies involved and would try to resolve pressing matters that now face the Bikini program.