-2team down to Kili as soon as possible. This would fit very well into medical staffing in that when we return from Rongelap on February 9th the ship could lay over on the weekend of the 10th and 11th, refit for a southern island trip and then depart the week of the 12th for Kili-~Jaluit and we could send Dr. Grant, Jenuk Kabua and Peter Heotis along to perform the medical examinations of the Bikinians if this is required. The question of the examination of Bikinians is at this point under examination by the Department of Energy. From the standpoint of the logistic requirements aboard the ship that Roger is chartering I understand that the ship has a well deck. We will need to put aboard the bunk trailer and the large medical trailer. In addition we should place aboard, if there is space, at least one conax for weather storage of perishable equipment. Also needed on board will be the jeep and our two Boston whalers with their new engines. In addition, we should have the two small 1 to 2 KW generators for possible use at Utirik. We presume that we will be abie to use generator power from the ship to shore for our operations as we have in the past, but again sufficient cable will need to be provided to reach the sits of the examinations. At least two large rubber rafts will need to be provided with rope hauling systems to shuttle patients back and forth from shore. This was necessary even with the beaching capabilities on two of the three islands in the last survey. An onboard refrigerator-freezer combination will be necessary for our medical samples as well. Since I presume the charter ship will come with a full charter crew I would strongly recommend that at least one additional, and hopefully two additional ship's personnel will be provided. I am thinking particularly about Paul La Posnt, the first mate on our previous surveys. Paul has proven invaluable on these surveys both for his knowledge of local waters and 1as provided tremendous assistance even to the T.T. master of the Caroline Islands. If I were the master of a eharter ship I'd certainly welcome Paul aboard and he really could be listed as an interisland pilot. In addition, Jay the cook has always been a tremendous asset and at times made some very difficult conditions livable by his support of the survey team. He also is an asset in dealing with the people on the outer islands. In addition the following supplies, either purchased or borrowed from Kwajalein, should go on board: 10 cases of apples 10 cases of oranges 15 1500 360 240 cases of diet Cola lbs. rice (145 1b.) cans beef stew cases Spam 4 bags doughnut mix (5°C /Ab4es ) 48 lbs. shortening 120 cans baked beans (large) 3 ea. x-ray developer concentrate (each to make 5 gal. working solution) 3 ea. tt fixer "W " Ww " t " wt 18 cases powdered milk 6 cases oatmeal 200 lbs. dried beans 3 mattresses 60 single sheets (cotton) 1 16 mm sound projector In addition, the following supplies will be needed for Majuro and Ebeye: 10 cases of diet Cola 1 case peanut butter 2 cases Saltines (in watertight metal cans) iT}