for: In this agreement the USG should provide compensation 1) radiation damage to land; 2) personal injury com- pensation and direct medical surveillance and treatment for persons who have contracted or shall in the future contract radiation~related illnesses and direct radiglogical monitoring of people and land for an agreed time; and 3) appro-. priate settlement of displaced Marshallese. 1. Land Claims. The United States should be prepared to pay a value comparable to outright purchase price for racdiation-dameged land. Ten million dollars would apcear to Se a reasonable negotiating celling for land claims s@ttlement based on a total of 2,500 acres subject to Camace claim al approximately $4,000 ear acre (current estimated fee ‘value of land per acre in the subtect area.) Due to the fact that no claims have yet been advanced, the above Figure could be political context of the settlement, subject to modification, especially shea Stat ToSsteestity een et in Light of : the neh mma taacnl leit error io Preece TL Should be noted that none of tne past pavmrents and expenditures related to the testing prouvam are considered by the agencies 2g compensation for land Gamage claims. See Appendix 8. Funding for the land Claims settlement would be provided OF Derense. 2. through the Department Compensation for Personal Injury, Costs of Medical Me Sucveillance and Treatment, and Radiological Monitoring. Personal Injury Compensation Sec. 104 of Public Law 95-134 of October 15, 1977 provides for personal injury compensation payments to residents of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls in the Marshall Islands who were exposed to radiation from the March 1, 1954 thermo- nuclear detonation at Bikini Atoll. ed—Startes Be Sede prepared Seo—l01+6—sxiend—mersonal deny See Appendix C. Suppore ath Fre SREB OTIIN injury compercat2on— paypments all—restterts—oi—-oHexchel)_Islsands,._—5Su,—.0.- Petawite= sutiered from radiation exposure from the ISG To nuclease — tro—preesamia_the—vorthernMasshalilteleanmdtsbetweenTots amg-1468, A ceiling money figure cannot be defined accurately for USG liability under this program, but total pro- gram costs to date have been $1.4 million. B. Medical Surveillance and Treatment and Radiological Monitoring Sec. 102 of Public Law 96-205 of March 12, 1980 directs the Secretary of Interior, after consultations with the