- 26° Paragraph ERDA's SUGGESTED RESPONSE AND/OR COMMENTS (Continued) 98 degree of refinement is not needed to make decisions with respect to the resettlement of Bikini. See also answer to Paragraph 77. 99 This conclusion of law does not require an answer. 100 ° Deny. The medical examinations agreed to on November | (including ERDA's agreement to provide certain support) were voluntary. While we believe that DO! would agree that it has an obligation to protect the health of the Bikinians, the type of examination requested is beyond the scope of any such obligation. See also comments on Paragraph I01. 10) | Deny. As previously stated, surveys to date have been adequate for purposes of estimating dose exposure. Therefore, we deny the need for further study of ''health risk,'"' and, more particularly, the notion that we should fund independent scientists to perform such a study. If supporting a study of "health risks'' means medical examinations are deemed necessary, then they would have to be done for reasons other than radiological since as stated above the radiation dose to the people living on Bikini is too low for such examinations to resolve any detectable effects. It is important to point out that with respect to exposures below the federal guide of 500 mrem per year for individuals Enclosure 1 SS