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August 2], 1979
‘Rr. Theodore Mitchetl
Executive Director
Micronesian Legal Services
Corporation, Suite 300
1424 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20036
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Dear Mr. Mitchell:
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The Department of Energy {s pleased to respond to your letter of
August 3, 1979, in which you requested copfes of a number of records
pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The following responses
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are numbered to coincide with your numbered requests.
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The statement fs based upon test{mony presented by
Messrs. DeBrum, Weissgall, Deal, DeYoung and Mrs. Van Cleve, and others Hearings before Subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives, on April 12, May 22, and June 19, 1978.
!\ Coptes of pertinent portions of that testimony are enclosed (Tab A).
-Additional relevant information {s available in the Hearings testimony
conducted by the Subcommittee on July 25, 1978.
of the final transcript of this testimony.
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Reports from Brookhaven National Laboratory indicated that the Cesfum-137 | CmITIALS/ SIG.
levels of Bikini residents increased with time until 1978, and decreased
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thereafter (post-relocation). These data were based upon whole body
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counting measurements. A summary of this {information {s enclosed (Tab B).
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This {ncrease in body burden coincided with {ncreased avaflabflity of
locally grown terrestrial foods, particularly coconuts. The Ces{um-137
measurements sugoest that efther the quantity of imported food avaflable
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to the people or the quantity of available {mported food consumed by the
people was below that level needed to moderate the increase in Cesfum-137
body burdens as locally grown foods became avaflable.
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Considering the facts
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The aerfal photogra hs of Bikin{ Atoll (which I belfeve
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have previously been sent to you show that the Bikini and Eneu Islands
are separated by approximately five miles of reef. At low tide it 4s
possible to walk from one island to the other.
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