-2- minutes later, contact was made. The idea for calling Majuro came from Bima Akake, A TIPI staffer who acted as interpreter for the survey party. The sophisticated electronics on the Wheeling not withstanding, its helpful to have people arround who can improvise. Enclosure 2 is a listing of survey participants provided by DOE, a total of 33. The total number on the ship including the crew and others maintaining equipment, was about 160 (never saw this in writing). The Wheeling was a very com- fortable platform from which to work with considerable onboard resources. However, the fact that the ship could not enter the lagoon due to its deep draft, size, and the many coral heads, made more difficult the job of getting ashore for those performing terrestrial and marine sampling. However, the ships ability to speed up and turn into the wind benefited helicopter takeoff and landing operations. The second day (September 18) two small boats were operational. The first, loaded with a survey crew and their gear, was away at 0730. The second survey crew was launched 15 minutes later. These boats off loaded men and equipment on the beach of the first island to be surveyed and returned to the Wheeling to carry a party ashore on Rongelap Island. With Bima Akake acting as interpreter, Roger Ray, Tom McCraw, Bob Keller, Dr. Grant, Jan Naidu, Evely Craighead, and Frank Cogswell met with Magistrate Nicktemos and about 70 Rongelap people. The reception was cordial. One of the Marshallese opened with prayer. Roger Ray made introductions and gave a presentation on the survey plan. There were questions about how helicopters would be used and expressions of uncertainty as to what restrictions applied to use of islands in the north. of the atoll. Enclosure 3 is a summary of the meeting and a listing of questions. Following the introductory meeting, the visitors looked for a helicopter landing site. The local ball field, a cleared area within the village surrounded by coconut trees and about 80 feet in diameter, appeared suitable. All loose materials were picked up. In landing the helicopter kicked up a lot of sand and was very noisy, but was of great interest to the Rongelap people, particularly the children. Some of the DOE visitors returned for our first helicopter landing on the pad of the Wheeling. The space seemed very tight but was quite acceptable to the aircraft crew. The remaining visitors in- cluding Dr. Grant, his nurse, Naidu, and Craighead (affection- ately known as Evie Rongelap from Peace Corp days) remained ashore. See footnote next page. One aerial survey was