AOS S63 AEPOSITORY ‘COLLECTION he Seattl eCimes| SMATT LIE WASHINGTON 90)! ~WELEPHONE MAIN 2 = 02300 Houne Office Building Washington, D.C. Doar Lloyd: ‘Dr. Edvard 5. Hold of tho University of Washington hao returned| fron his intest ourvey trip to Bikini withseme inforration that, if that ate! could slovw: cows tho program to return the peepie to that atoll. “38 ve . he said hoe heard ths oars story both on Biking and in s Honolulu. 1. Driofly, these are hic pointss “ah Inforior oquipmont is boing used in tho ateil cleanup. , boing coordinated by the Dofenso Atemic Supply Agonecy — (DASA). Landing craft boing used for acrooo-tho-lagoen — transportation aro in such bed condition that the Navy — crows are unablo to keop then eporating, despite all-eut offorta by the crowmon thensolvoo. edsee pr. Hold said ths Navy orew worked all night: te got the. ongina onoratirg on one of the boats, only to havo tho x ctcoring mochanion break dewn a fow beat-lonsths from the | dock. 7 As a rosult of the continual breakdowns, Dr. Haldta3): ~ parsy ras unablo to visit como inlands along the atell'o. wootorn rin. Consoquintly :o0).. ono nomber of the surveytean a Wma will have to roturn tO Bilcina later te visit these.ABdandoe eS Dr. Hold said construction equipment furnished by: DASA te. oe Holmes & Narvor, tho contractor, is in such poorcondition ote that work hao been alowed down. 2. i . Duo to lack of Arny cooporation, the Bikini progres “be boing supported out of Hickon Fiold rathor than nearby Kwjaioin. » cai The ctory that Dr. Hold picked up fron. personnol . ee on Bikind tao that DASA hed approached Kwajaloin. directly 0 for. cooporation--and was premised full cooperation.© However, °° orders later camo from Redstone Arsonal, Alabama, that ae Kvajaloin support be oxtonded only for emorgencios., Dr. Héld ~ vas told that individuals at fwajaloin etill de allthey €an a we but on an "under‘the table" BADE. es a