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BAIBPING POR ASSISTANT SECRETARY
jl recommended that Mrs. Clusen be offered our briefing on
the Paeific as background to matters that will be coming up
shortly.
Tae 13 atoll survey is underway.
The
first phase, the aerial
photo misstomn is completed.
The USHS Wheeling has already
arrived in Honolulu.
Within the next week the survey operation
from the ship will begin.
There is almost certain to sy
bo some
publicity from this.
The woving of the Blkini people to Fill has bean completed
however. there
ere
€ are likely to be problems from this for some
time.
In fact, the Department of tne Interior people have told
us that they expect Mr. Yates to have early nearings con this
Finally. the Micronesian Status Nersatiations are entering a
new phase and the wnhele policy ” question sbout dealing with
the health and medical clains and residual land contamination
is
still to be settled.
L.
Joe Deal
Assistant Director
for Field Operations
Division of Operational
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and Environmental safety
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