UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 411692 20545 i\i¢)73 Memorandum for the Record MEETING ON CLEANUP AND REHABILITATION OF ENIWETOK On 18 January 1973 I attended a meeting in the office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (of the Interior) for Territorial Affairs (DASTA) Stanley S. Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter Mr. DeYoung CAPT Worthing DASTA, DOL TA, DOI DNA CAPT Drake CDR Wolff DNA AEC CAPT Schuller Attendees were: OSD (ASD/ISA) The principle reason for the meeting was to resolve the apparent difference in interpretation of what DOD and DOI consider "cleanup" and “rehabilitation" to be. The DOD definition of cleanup is "making safe for human habitation", rehabilitation is "making suitable for the Eniwetokese to live." DOI (Mr. Carpenter) holds the view that cleanup includes the removal of all man made objects and structures which the Eniwetokese do not want or that may be unsafe. He cited the precedent in 1969 of VADM Mustin, then Director, DASA, offering the Trust Territory High Commissioner (HICOM) to leave or take away from Bikini whatever the HICOM wanted, after the radiologically unsafe objects had been disposed of. There never was the test of “safe for humans" at Bikini. CAPT Schuller claims that this question was raised at the September 7, 1972 interagency meeting and at that time the DOD definition was agreed to by DOL. Mr. Carpenter does not so remember. (The minutes of that meeting, on that point, are quoted fferthss recor): IV. Responsibilities (Funding, etc.) Interior Funding seems to fall into three areas -- (1) Radiological clean-up and surveys, (2) non~radiological clean-up which would include removal of hazardous objects and (3) finally the rehabilitation -- planting of trees, building of houses, etc.) REPOSITORY COLLECTION n “Doe t( Spry Diviga em Ne PG 326 lommy ACC row Jib (320 } BOX No. FOLOER CC550 wreton