Stor a 7 Committees Develepnaent office , Box 66 Najuro, Harshall Islands 96900 efig lh. "> ~ 407883 Dep bir (Scien & Tech) Defense luclear Agency Washington, D.C. 20305 a iM ecw e® Sift Dr. Robert 38,Leachnan Special Assistant to the spe, <7 roa ‘ a Cast A aan 22. Wi} 4. BEST COPY AVAILABLE bj Dear Dr.Leachmnan: his is in reply to your letter of 23 April which just arrived, I will ankver your questions in the order in which you asked then, Le) The Snevetak People consider all islands as valuable assets for é:ploitation of tie natural resources of Land end surrounding reols. This inclu¢ess Bokaluo (Alice), “skanbako (Selle), and Louj (Clara), and -uklab (f24.4). The correct se ninoLo-y. iy understanding is thatthese islands have been devastated by the testing prograns. This part of the atoll was the source for the major part of the shellris} (tricacnidas) and other molluses, according to hnewsotak informants. The islands which you cite, and the others in the araa reportedly furnished vexyetable foods such as pandanus, arrour cot ana coconuts. These, mc cil of the islands in the atoll will be exploited. A mibratory Sort of excloitation vattern is folloued. Tne Leaders have stated thas they want thrce porncsent villezes to be establisned, yhese wilt be on Enjiebi, MKecren (Perry); and bpnewetak Islend., They plan to establish a teaoorary villazs or workers! caizp on Japtan (David). 1 predict wnat this WiLL also bocrm.se pomamente. Teaporary houses will probably built on other islands within the atoll as is the normaal practice. The Large asomt of surplus (salvage) building materials that will ba a.ailable to the people will facilitate this, You are quite correct when you correlate tre increase in population, which is the tronc of couvse, with Suture cccupaicy of isLonds not now being usoad as villaze sites. Onc wuld have to see these isLmds, naned above, beYors one could answer your cuestion as to vnethoy they would be "Worthwhile Lor occucancy.! FL segas to me, from whet I know of the siauation, vhat there are suiriciont islands to taka care os the resiconce needs of the mewotak People for the noxt decadc or So at Lensue ovrover this assumes that alk of the islancs will be habitable, and Irce of ee net Ns Of course if the population pretsure bocomes dn lense any island thatwill Support Lice will be "worthsraLle for sccupsncy." The norsnal foods would SL pandanus e xy 4 agi a 4 em Limes 4 BYGO Vay a tr oat =~ ny whet A. ou VOTO + aa - aye 2 WhAOeN “thine = azsa 2. tS ee CT) ele a “yay we Gauri. a aa a ee O8 of ‘ pe pte en v1 ce be LOTICIL GRIT, aay ae bs eves + to os, . +- ate . at elle, OE ‘ wre ae bile sore mes ay 4 piichtee “ pe 3 “ta wens $ mys ree nm 4 toe yas wager a “: Ge PUCULUUE AL PSNIGIL LRU OL eat, Lead PFEollie Upon, VedQeeow Dra: ne . clays ows OU = 4 - MOIS wey tle LE wil) be Lam te myeqy yet te we OL Vib ane wy pot ARCHIVES ee 3219 poe Ghe SPL waa of — ele Lupe st Bola a 7 AT) iy 2,4 f41,3 oviilable $ x + . Veyeorcct Gea TEL rept yet saolts Lex ta COG. you I