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ERDA's SUGGESTED RESPONSE AND/OR COMMENTS (Continued)
and 30-year Standards.

See comments on paragraph 80.

Estimates of external exposures for residents of Eneu
Island indicate values approximately half that for Bikini
Istand.

See reports referenced in paragraph 79.

This

was the reason for the recommendation by the experts in

1968 that the first houses be built and food crops placed
on Eneu Island.

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The magazine article speaks for itself.

We have no knowledge

of facts alleged in last sentence.

85

Defer to DOI.

86

Deny.
Detailed comments:

The statement that restrictions not

previously disclosed to the people were released in
preliminary report in August 1975 is untrue.

As the plans

for resettlement have been better defined through development
of a ''Master Plan,'' additional advice in the form of
recommendations has been developed.

From the very first

reports and during the visit to Kili by the then High

Commissioner Norwood in August 1968, the AEC/ERDA position
presented was one of limited use of islands of the oO ARCH!
with restrictions on which island could be used for
permanent residents and restrictions regarding production
and use of local foods.

Only the island of Eneu was

recommended for use free of restrictions.

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