“DOE ARCHIVE pos Adore a aR aA ass gonkins > “was Ne GML VoOSti Se 2 ea ol Sela a assa we A ae ein he he te “ade Odds m y your Letter of March 1 calling to cur attention corre= waien Senator Case has nad vith Mr. and Mrs. Todd E. sace Corps Volunvcers on Milt in the Marshall Islands. Jeniins are comecrmed with the situation of the former Qo wno mow resice on KELL and desire to effect their c no doubt aware, S! home avoll. As s you are She Unit a Nations asking for an in- aA Oe nf an mw he he ne oe ware Oats yp on by de ma co the Son the possible return o? the Go Bikini. <A news revort of this action appeared in the Wo mn LI ye pny MACK TOOT Post of Thursday, March 7. TR Atenas correstvoncence whieh Senator Case proviced you z= m Lemony mots S Ortice of Gerritories 4 Q Ltele which © can add at this time « > ended to indicate the exereme concern in th eee anne => CODY OF a ~ we aes Deceaee th Qo oO ty 3 @ by oO Os to indicate vhax awe have for the Bikini people, as meir history to the present time. We he High Commissioner and we are seek= “5 and somewhat on the 2aty exo t. Recomizing the desir Bikini people to return to their home atoll, we have 3 vO Broceed on a Step-by-step basis. First, it is ecscary vo determine whetncs or not it is now sate, fron sancpoine, for the poopie Oo revurn to Bikini. As noved over a year ago this Devcarvment asked the Atomic £0 analyze the Levels oF radiction in the islands ner ople who have been atoll to dete Zn a 2Ormec 9 by we CG GD Coxmiss. erly Solution to th ftp t . yo . ay) QO te ! 5 7) ch $3 Mh oO t i. O, | fo » 2 aQ oa CO SUAIGPLLe vw = see Tepes Ve me and representatives of vac me analyses are mot yes completed and it is, therefore, mY, oe premature Sor us to say whether fe Se Mae aa nn tt Gon GoLe sate _ ae We have not yest to clarify the Sentexber 1656 statement attributed to effoot 7 thay Bikini 2 could be ree 1955, but, if Me. Norwood made such a statement, he based Lnio rantion wnich has since been proven to be umreliable. ~' alosa a0 An 36 OF or not, from the health standpoint, Tor thesa Deovle to roturn to Bikini. me. Nomrcod by Me. Jenkin Jenxins to vhe a ~ Office of Territories nest weex with the Atomic Enerzy Commission for a status ale mw normal and use= . o : : . as : ommissicn last Avril anc the months since a areful and wainsvakin«s analysis of the data ing Eiea Commissioner Nowrwood's recent visit to Washingson a eke only less < a ~ osea wo radios e . ma