-2-. Paragraph ERDA's SUGGESTED RESPONSE AND/OR COMMENTS (Continued) 15 Deleted. 16 Admit. 17 Admit. 18 Admit. 19 Admit existence of Trusteeship Agreement, which, however, speaks for itself. 20 ERDA believes this allegation is correct, but defers to DOD and DOI. 2) 22 through 28 29 Enabling Act speaks for itself. ERDA defers to DOI. ERDA has no reason to deny what we believe to be the general thrust of the paragraph though we lack specific knowledge to admit the last two sentences. The use of the present tense in the first sentence is also troubling, in view of the "Release of Rights to Bikini Atoll,'' executed April 27, 1951 (reprinted in Enclosure 2 at 551-552). Out of an abundance of caution, the paragraph should be denied. 30 Admit the first sentence. Deny second sentence. discussion at pages 508-510 of Enclosure 2). por ARCHIVE (See We defer to DOD (particularly the Navy) as to the third sentence, though we doubt that any such promise was authoritatively made. G4 Enclosure 1