WIDE: DIV-18¥1 | a ma! 2 Cm we ne tn Typhoon damage to cocornit groves in the Fhilippines has broughtcopra into short supply. This is expected to continue for many years, i. e. the market looks good. Coconut oil is used in products such as foods and soap and that part remainirs after oil extraction is used for animal feed and fertilizer. Tse sun-dried copra such as made by the Bikini people on Kili is superior to the oven dried variety and brings a premium price. The market for Copra from this area of the Pacific is Japan. This is due to availability of transportation. The large processing facilities are in the Philippines and in Capan. It was reported that there are also processing plants in Orezon in the U. S. and in California but no transportation is now evailable in that direction. My worry is the fact that one can expect ts find detectable levels of radioactivity in the copra, particularly the+ grown on Bikini Island, and the fact that the market for this pretuct is Japan. It would be disconcerting, to say the least, to reestzblish a copra production capability for Bikini Atoll only to have a problem with the low but detectable levels of ‘radioactivity showing up in the marketable product. / . 4 EVs Tommy FC hicCraw Oud _ Nuclear Explosives Environmental and Safety Branch Division of Operational Safety Distributicn: Dr. English, GM Dr. Totter, EM Dr. Lough, Hi Gen. Giller, MA Lt. Col. Gomes, MA Mr. Harris, PI Dr. Harley, HASL Mr. Beck, HASL Yor. Malick, LASL Held, U. of Wash. Reeves, NV Bonnet, Hono Tompkins, FRC we 7” eee AD a pl apt ae yaa ‘ . . aig Lisdhiaie eet mo Whe on > toad wait . Wee . “AME DEV SVE Dr. Mr. Mr. Dr.