_ Nateee jJerosirony Dee7/ DAso 7 ” COLLECTION DO EfWV y’ LA 3b POX No. BL Fot nee AS revocn LY L279 Department of Energy Pacific Area Support PO. Box 29939 . Office (ebICAL. pROGQA Honolulu, Hawaii 96820 Cancunarmces A, RTG. SYMBOL PLO INITIALS BIG. soz040 HUB/ “DATE. DEC 19 1978 12/19/78 RTG. Dr. Hugh Pratt Brookhaven National Laboratory Associated Universities, Inc. Medical Department Upton, L.I., N.Y. 11973 SYMBOL DIR INITIALS/ SIG. WIS/ i “DATE 12/19/78 RTG. Dear Hugh: SYMBOL Aecpeme, YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 1, 1978 < DATE Having the benefit of your thoughts on the feasibility of carrying a helicopter aboard Liktanur II was much appreciated. I concur with your recommendations and have already acted upon them. Should future DOE program needs dictate the need for a helicopter we will again review the matter. However, for now it is in abeyance. RTG. SYMBOL INITIALS / BIG. DATE As to the long range medical program, we are keenly interested to Know its ultimate scope and direction. You, I'm sure, will be interested to know that DOE plans to keep the Mid-Pacific Marine Laboratory on Enewetak operating on a full time, and Rehabilitation work is finished stand alone, RIG. BYMBOL basis after the Cleanup (April 1980). INITIALS / SiG. Present planning is that the runway will remain. Given these factors we envision a good basic arrangement for both the medical and environmental work that surely must continue at that atoll for many years to come. AS you said in your letter, a huge factor in our mutual planning for the future will be final decisions on Bikini and Enewetak resettlements. Logistical Support requirements may reasonably be assumed to be a by-product of those decisions. DATE RIG. SYMBOL beITIALS/5IG. sry DATE I'd like to turn now to the DOE Research Vessel Liktanur II and its use in support of our Pacific programs. Particularly I want to touch on the relationships between DOE organizations and U. S. Oceanography, another subject which obviously causes you some concern. PASO will assign a senior staff member (Harry Brown) , ATG. S¥meRnor The BNL Party Chief will of course have complete control of the medical program. The DOE representative will interface with NW. S. Oceanography to insure that all necessary support is provided in support of the medical program. Depending on many factors involved in this mission, DOE may designate a representative to be aboard future Mr. Brown's assignment to this initial has been coordinated and concurred in by Mr. DOE FORM ap. (12-77) La trip on Liktanur II Gates, and Mr. Ray in Nevada, and through Mr. Ray with Dr. Weyzen. oe INITIALS/5tG. We will make every effort to insure that this first voyage with U. S. Oceanography is successful and to that end, Harry will assume administrative responsibility for voyages. SYMBO’ to embark on the January voyage of Liktanur II as DOE Representative. the voyage. RTG. OFFICIAL FILE COPY of INITIALS / SIG. DATE baa.