é Cara & AOM RRS ra 16 JUN 1971 XY DEFENSE ATOMIC SUPPORT AGENCY “ONIOQUE WASHINGTON, D.C. . etern thot, es 5s oe aan : pw | Tae "ae . BS z ° an ; AUT 9 3 ‘ Note AF4 ADDRESS REPLY TO 4 ' : J-5SP ee AQ INOSrf: Ae MEMORANDUM POR: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR CHAIRMAN, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION eee OPE CLES Lv Pe SUBJECT: Final Report on the DOD-ABC Phase of the Bikini Atoll Cleanup 1. BEST COPY AVAILABLE Reference is made to: oe a. DJSM-140-69 for Director, DASA dated 30 Jan 1969 which designates a Director, DASA as DOD Project Manager for Bikini cleanup. (Att. only, Bacl » oe "re a b. Director, DASA Msg BTG 1211502 oct 1969 for Secretaty of Defense, reoe 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) d. 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). . 2. les |p P/O CHIEF ' ISTS CONFIRMED TO BE UNCLASSIFIED BY cesTHows LAIALS, 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. :. wa —_ : When separated from enclosures handle this document as aN 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. A yi. | ool Gla at o ee we { CARDEDaehel ; CODED - -TADBXED _ | FILiD per / .326 —wenn te :es Lp Phy ‘ANB 58 OA.Saee bate oesite mn . 7 1. 9 we oe . ‘ at oSOeshaRO0bGT