"you will note that $2,000, rather than $1,000 had been forwarded and that a per diem rate of $27.00/day was arbitrarily set as an unique exemption for this group of examinees." "At this point I would like to emphasize the fact that in my pre- planning letter (Enclosure 6) for this survey, I had strongly urged the PASO office to provide a DOE representative for the entire trip. While in Honolulu I discussed this matter with the PASO staff and after a discussion with Bruce Wachholz and Bill Stanley, Bill agreed to accompany the survey. However, when I arrived at Kwajalein I received a message (Enclosure 7) that Bill Stanley would be unable to make it and that Ted Murawski, a Holmes and Narver employee, who had worked as the DOE/DNA coordinator on Kwajalein, would be the substitute. Again, during the examination of patients on Ebeye, a large percentage of my time was spent in explaining to people why they had not received their per diem money and attempting to take care of their housing and financial needs." "On the following day we departed for Utirik. Again we ran into moderate to heavy swells. The ship was pitching so badly that Captain Coberly chose to tack across the waves at 4.5 knots to prevent excessive hull strain. He had originally attempted to head directly into the seas. The ship, in pounding head on into 10' seas would slam through the seas and then develop a prolonged low-frequency oscillation that was induced by the heavy 30 ton crane amidships. It was felt by Keith Coberly and the Chief Engineer, Monroe Wrightman, that the severe pounding and vibration that the ship was taking would be much improved by alternate tacks. This proved to be the case. However, it greatly prolong Utirik.” the steaming time from Rongelap to "At this point I would like to express my profound admiration and sincere appreciation to ail of the members of the crew of the Liktanur II who frequently went out of their way to make our trip more comfortable. They are fully aware of the difficulties that the medical party encounters in using this ship and attempted to do all they could to remedy its defects." "As we discussed at Livermore, I am funneling all requests for either the Department of Energy, Marshall Islands, TT, or Missile Range Support through your office". That statement was prompted by the ‘repeated request by Mr. Harry Brown to allow him to handle all public announcements for our program "because of his proximity to, and contacts with, the new, Marshall Islands government". to this course of action. I agreed The final paragraph of Enclosure 6 gives the exact details of my requested arrangements for the meeting with the people of Bikini, Rongelap, and Utirik--both from Majuro and Ebeye. Not only did Harry Brown fail to provide for the requested meetings, but he extended an invitation to the members of the BNL medical fos? 905} i 3 Cr; Page 12 of 13 ENCLOSURE I