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SUBJECT: Final Report on the DOD-ABC Phase of the Bikini Atoll Cleanup
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a. DJSM-140-69 for Director, DASA dated 30 Jan 1969 which designates
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Director, DASA as DOD Project Manager for Bikini cleanup. (Att. only, Bacl » oe
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b. Director, DASA Msg BTG 1211502 oct 1969 for Secretaty of Defense,
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Department of the Interior, and Atomic Energy Commission, which is the eg
interim completion report of the DOD-ABC cleanup of Bikini Atoll. (Encl 2)
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District Administrator's Representative, Marshalls memo for
Commander, JTG 8.8 dated 8 Oct 1969 which states that the Bikini cleanup
is satisfactory to the Trust Territory Government (TTG) and accepts
responsibility for the management of Bikini Atoll. (Encl 4). .
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c. Manager, Nevada Operations Office, AEC letter to Commander, Test
Command, DASA dated 22 Sep 1969 which certifies the satisfactory completion of the general radiological cleanup of Bikini Atoll. (Encl 3)
Reference a designates Director, DASA as the Project Manager for
the joint DOD-AEC cleanup of Bikini Atoll. Reference b reported the
removal of abandoned nuclear test facilities and the disposal of radioactive debris on the various islands comprising Bikini Atoll. Reference
¢ reported the satisfactory completion of the general radiological clean-
up of Bikini Atoll.
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Reference d accepts responsibility for the menage-
ment of Bikini Atoll by the Trust Territory Gevernnent. This joint ..
DOD-AEC cleanup of Bikini Atoll was successfully completed during 1969
as the initial step of the U. 8. Government's six-year plan to rehabili- .
tate the Atoll and return the Bikini natives to a,ancestral home.
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