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ee
a. Approve the position of the Atomic Imergy
Commission that the Rongelapese could be returned
to their home island es soon as rehabilitation
procedures have been completed on the island as
described in Appendix "B".
b. Note that the Department of the Interior
and the Department of State will be advised of
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this action by letter such as Appendix "Cc", -
c. Note that a draft announcement such as
E will be proposed to the Department
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of Interior for issuance when the Devartment
determines that the natives can return.
Append ix
a. Note that the Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy, the GAC, and the MLC will be advised
of this action by letter such as Appendix "D",
LIST OF ENCLOSURES
Page No.
APPENDIX "A" - Background and DiscuSsSion...sscccceccare
ANNEX "A" TO APPENDIX "A" - Gamma Dose Rates on The
Island of Rongelap..cccese
ANNEX "B" TO APPENDIX "A" - Table One ~ Estimates of
Contamination of the Normal
Food Supply of Rongelapese
ANNEX "C" TO APPENDIX "A" - Table Two - Analysis of a
Rooster Collected on Island
of Rongelap February 1956.
APPENDIX "B" - Rehabilitation Plans.......
ANNEX TO APPENDIX "B" - Draft Letter dtd.
11/14/56
from G. L. Russell to
General Starbird...cerccecacce
APPENDIX "C" - Draft Letter to the Department of the
Interior and the Department of State...
APPENDIX "D" - Draft Letter to JCAE, MLC AND GAC....-.
APPENDIX "E" - Draft Press Release