ENCLOSURE 3 INITIAL MEETING IN RONGELAP VILLAGE SEPT. 19, 1978 * Survey Party Participants: Roger Ray Robert Keller Bima Ak &e Tom McCraw Jan Naidu Evelyn Craighead William Grant Frank Cogswell Magistrate Nicktemos Antak opened the meeting with a welcome followed by an opening prayer by Deacon Jodai. The Magistrate expressed the hope that the survey will benefit the people, "The survey on land, the water, the sea." He hoped that the results of the survey would be provided to the people to guide them. Ee thanked us "for coming here today." After Deacon Jodai's prayer Roger Ray made the following opening statement: "First I would like to thank all of you for being here and for permitting us to visit. I am very sorry that we spent all dey yesterday trying to get here from the boat, but our small boats were not working and so we had to have them worked on last night to come in this morning. "T am Roger Ray. I am with the Department of Energy. I have for some years’ been working with the survey teams in the Marshall Islands. "I'm pleased that I have a chance to visit Rongelap for the first time. Although I have met some of you in other places, I am glad to have a chance to meet all of you here. "I'd like for you to know some of the rest of the people in our party. On my right is Bob Keller and Bob will be in charge of the work that is done here and at Utirik, Taka, Bikar and Rongerik. "Next to Bob is Tom McCraw. Tom has worked in the Marshalls for many many years. He is from our Washington Headquarters of the Department of Energy. "I'm sure that Jan Naidu needs no introduction to you. I Know he is pleased to be back, and we are very pleased to have him ~with us.