Summary Notes on December 10, 1980 Meeting on Marshalls Health Plan P.L. 96-205, 10:00 a.m. Secretary's Conference Room Roster: See Attachment Some 75 individuals representing various government agencies, the people of the affected atolls, their legal advisors and consultants, Government of the Marshall Islands officials, etc., attended the meeting. The Government of the Marshalls was represented by Secretary of Foreign Affairs Tony DeBrum, Cabinet Minister Tom Kijener, Senator John Anjain, five additional members of the Nitijela, Dr. Jack HéIkenarepresent- ing the Ministry of Health, and various other ‘government officials. Each of the four named atolls had two official representatives plus legal counsel and other advisors present. Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Policy Ruth Van Cleve (TIA) opened the meeting by requesting each delegation or agency head to identify members of the respective groups. She, then, outlined procedure to be followed, i.e., 15-20 minute presentatiions of each of the three aspects of the overall plan called for in P.L. 96-205 with appropriate discussion periods to follow each presentation. She announced that written comments would be accepted up to 5:00 p.m. on December 17, 1980. Assistant Secretary Ruth Clusenof DOE spoke briefly on the two plans prepared for DOI by DOE, i.e., the Education and Information Proposal and the Environmental Monitoring Proposal. She then introduced Dr. Bair of Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Instituté, who briefly outlined the way in which the Radiation Education and Information Program plan had been developed. Dr. Carl M. Unrah then explainea the plan using charts and slides. The plan contemplates a program to enable the people of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utirik, and the people of other atolls or islands found to be or have been exposed to radiation from the nuclear tests, to better understand nuclear radiation and its effect. The basic elements of the plan are direct, face- to-face communication with the people of the four affected atolls and others that may be affected. There would be close communication with officials of the Government of the Marshalls as well. Local Marshallese individuals would be trained to Carry out the education and information program through training courses both in the Marshalls and the United States. Pretaped radio programs, presented in both Marshallese and English,