WTEYEA Oe nel ESL Ei STIRS | . 5 Z el ale seeinepttm ? B, TO EVACUATE NATIVE POPULATIONS ON SHIPS, KEEPING THEM ABOARD AND PROTECTED UNTIL THEY COULD BE SAFELY RETURNED TO THEIR ISLAND. _ FAVORING THIS COURSE OF ACTION: 1. THIS WOULD CONSTITUTE A POSITIVE APPROACH TO THE EYE DAMAGE PROBLEM AND WOULD BE THE ONLY APPROACH OF WHICH WE ARE AWARE WHICH WOULD MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE NAYIVE POPULATIONS WOULD RECEIVE NO EYE BURN, UNFAVORABLE CONSIDERATIONS ARE: 1. POPULATION IS SO SCATTERED AND TNACCESSABLE THAT EVEN WITH EARLY CONTACT ACTUAL EVACUATION WOULD HAVE TO BEGIN AT LEAST 4 OR 5 DAYS PRIOR TO EXPECTED DETONATION. DELAY IN SHOOTING WOULD FURTHER EXTEND REQUIRED TIME ABOARD SHIP. 2, ENTIRE POPULATION AND OCCUPATIONAL PURSUITS WOULD BE DISRUPTED TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR LOSS, AND WOULD BE QUITE UPSET FROM HAVING TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AND BELONGINGS AT THE MERCY OF THE WEATHER OR POSSIBLE INTRUDERS. 3. EVACUATION WOULD BE OF SUCH PROPORTION AND NUMBERS OF NATIVES oF SUCH MAGNITUDE THAT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE SUCH THAT THE WISDOM OF THE PROCEDURE WOULD BE OPEN ‘fo QUESYTON, - Aprendix "A" Ps. .