"BOE ARCHIVE re td oO QO a December 20, 1966 in response to ycur letter of December 7 concerning your intere t in returning the Bikini people to their home atoll. We have Zor some time been aware of the difficult life of the Bixini peopie at Kili and would like to see them returned to their native atoil , There was a scientitic s urvey of poth Zniwetok and Bikini in 1964 earried out con behaif of tne Atomic Energy Commission by University of Washington scientists. Although it wes not done with the specilic purpose in mind of determining whether or not the atolis were habitable for normal Marshal! Isluwu living, the data collected nelp us arrive at a conclusion in the marter even though it in ail probability have to be supplemented by some adcitional LHRLOLMaTion. ° ety and Biology and Medicine to study the matter and develop the information necessary to come to a decision. Cordially, The Honorable Stewart L. Udall Secretary or Interior