ROBERT E, MILLER 6. 4 7/31/69 WORK ON THE NORTHERN ISLANDS COMMENCED JULY 28 ON GEORGE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AUGUST. GENERAL COMMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. AS PRESENTLY DEFINED, JIM JOMNSON AND IL BELIEVE THE PHYSICAL WORK CONNECTED WITH THE CLEANUP PROGRAM WILL BE COMPLETED ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1. FACTORS BEYOND OUR CONTROL, SUCH AS WEATHER, MAY AFFECT THIS DATE. 2. ROLLUP AND PREPARATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPMENT WILL TAKE ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS, ACTUAL SHIPMENT FROM BIKINI ATOLL WILL DEPEND UPON AVAILABILITY OF NAVY TRANSPORT. ON JULY 24 JTF-8 REQUESTED THIS SUPPORT FROM CINCPAC FOR ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1, BUT CINCPAC HAS MADE NO CCOMMMITMENT AS YET. 3. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THE TOTAL CLEANUP COSTS WILL BE IN THE ORDER OF $1M AS COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF §1.3M. OF JULY 31 TOTAL $610,000. H&N COSTS AND COMMITMENTS AS ‘THIS COMPARES WITH FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,030,000 PROVIDED TO HSN FROM THE $1.3M. H&N ESTIMATES THEIR PORTION OF THE CLEANUP WORK IS ABOUT 80% COMPLETED AS OF JULY 31. COMMENTS REGARDING POSSIBLE USE OF H&N IN SUPPORT OF TRUST TERRITORY OUTSIDE OF CLEANUP EFFORT ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1, THE HIGH COMMISSIONER HAS REQUESTED HAO TO HAVE H&N CONSTRUCT TWO CONCRETE WATER CATCHMENT BASINS ON ENYU AND THREE SUCH BASINS ON BIKINI. BASED ON OUR ESTIMATE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,100 WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FROM T.T. TO AEC, FIELD WORK IS SCHEDULED TO START ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 15.