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clean-up program and an additional $100,000 estimated to be airlift

costs associated with the clean-up program. Upon receipt of these
funds from the Congress we propose to transfer them to whichever agency

-. or command the AEC and Defense Department finally determine should carry
‘out the cleanup work.
The development of the Bikini program since the President's announcement
of last August has been marked by a high degree of cooperation among all

agencies concerned, and I am confident that, as the work progresses,
this cooperation will continue.

I am sending an identical letter to

the Honorable Clark M. Clifford, Secretary of Defense.
Sincerely yours,

Tuassdaee
Secretary of the Interior

Hon. Glenn T. Seaborg
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Washington, D.C.

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