mic Energy Commission, predecessor to the ent Administration, conducted a survey of términe whether we could return safely to our homeland ee was appointed by the Atomic Energy Commis~ the 1967 Atomic Energy Commission survey thereon. vnet The Ad Hoc Committee unanimously "it would be radiologically safe to allow the Bikini urn ts their home atoll." The Committee also recommended eanur, renabilitation, and follow-up actions to guide Federal rogram vo s 2 hes r che 2 leper are §. vaneir return us to Bikini Atoll, in the rotons: ze. the Interior has reported to me that a o> radiological levels of Bikini Atoll; he conclusion that the major islands 0: safe for human habitation. The Defense| so concluded that security requirements return of the former Bikini people~ ; home can be ‘accommodated. £ The return vnese ceople cannot, however, be eccomplishe svernight. There remains the major 2 task of worxing with the Bikini leadership in planning she return, of removing any remaining sources of radicslogic2al contamination, of clearing the land and cf replanving it to crops which will sustain harman life and which wlll provide a source of ‘income New nomes and new community facilities musz © S with the active participation of the resurnin rie. These tasks require resources terond ans of che former Bikini people and of tne Territory Government. I, therefore, reqaues 2 work with the Secretary of the intarti the High Commissioner of the Trust Tarriz penning a comprehensive resettlement > essist them in carrying it out with Sispatch. Ake eetava TL nnfansatsshoe. Maia sada.teaidninl Sintao accadl:ihe wis: satanmei aseae