: ee 4 ANBIOZ | | Ruth Clusen, ASEV Df. ¢ James Liverman, DASEY Hal Hollister, SA/ASEV Bil} Burr, OHER “T — Walter Weyzen, OHER De} Mayhew, DFS Mike Dix, OESD Joe Deal, OESD Tommy McCraw, OESD REQUEST BY THE OFFICE FOR MICRONESIAN STATUS NEGOTIATIONS AND THE WHITE HOUSE FOR COST PROJECTIONS FOR DOE PROGRAMS IN THE PACIFIC 1) The relevant background documents re the U.S. negotiating position on nuclear claims are attached. A) ° Tab A is a draft position paper prepared last December which accommodates the DOE position per Joe Deal's cover memo to Dr. Liverman. . B) White House. 2) Tab 8 is the position paper which went forward to the Apparently OMB did not concur in the paper. Tab B went forward to the National Security Council and to the White House. 3) The White House, upon inquiry as to the absence of OMB concurrence, requested that funding levels be provided for the continuing | programs. 4) Late Thursday, June 14, 1979, this request was relayed to DOE via Mr. Richard Stone, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Department of Defense, and emphasized via a telecon from Mr. Matthew Nimitz to Mrs. Clusen's office. 5) Mr. Stone requested that the major programs be identified, including costs, number of field trips/year, number of people/samples included in the programs, location of activities, etc. desired, but enough to give However, great detail was not an impression of past and current activities and costs, projected activities and costs, and identific.:ion of areas of possible expansion. : a. aemeeheASGAGSaceI75 1 A ehh . . . . :f — ae . ° . a