R. E. Hollingsworth 3 While it is not contemplated that a press announcement would be made for this field trip, it is considered desirable to prepare a reply for questions that may arise. Staff of BM, OS, and PI should prepare such answers and copies should be provided Trust Territory staff when they - are informed of the need for the field trip. , Subsequent Information: Since the meeting of Headquarters personnel, a brief report was obtained from Dr. Robert Conard who spent several hours on Bikini during his recent trip to Rongelap. Dr. Conard stated that the Bikini workers in the Atoll are collecting nonferromagnetic metals (copper, brass, aluminum), which are very valuable, with the intent of sale as scrap metal. These materials are being stacked in piles for later transport out of the Atoll. The question has been raised whether these collections of metal scrap should be monitored for radiation and whether the material should be checked by AEC before it is sold. The draft SWRHL report entitled "Report of the Radiological Cleanup of Bikini Atoll" states that "All scrap metal oY concrete with contact readings greater than 100 micro-R per hour (mR/hr) was treated as radio- active waste and buried at sea." Even so, one cannot guarantee that scrap will not be found buried underground or underwater showing levels this high or higher. It has been suggested that on the next field trip to Bikini, provisions be made to monitor the collected scrap. Guidance on contamination and radiation levels developed by AEC staff for "Sale, Abandonment, or Destruction of Personal Property" could be used for approval of sale of scrap. Trust Territory officials should be informed that scrap metals must be monitored before sale to insure that an item is not found containing radioactivity above acceptable levels. If this approach is acceptable, provisions could be made for monitoring scrap collected over each one year interval in order to allow Bikinians to benefit from sale of this property in a timely manner. The High Commissioner of the Trust Territory has recently asked whether their earlier question regarding use of the Peter-Oboe-Tare complex in the agricultural rehabilitation program can now be answered. AEC had given an interim reply on July 2, 1969, that if the radiation and radioactivity levels in this area were comparable with those on Eneu and Bikini, it would be in order to review the judgement of the 1967 Ad Hoe Committee. This question will likely be raised when Trust Territory officials are informed of the team visit. A statement on this question should be developed for use in that meeting if by that time a formal answer has not been given.