- @ @ 2s Davis asked two things: ~ ye / 1. Have a recheck made on radioactivity at Bikini and 2. Consider another island for test use. if safe, Mr, Dean said that Thomas and Davis would be heppy to survey the trust islands to find one meeting on specifications, X (Note on memo to General Fields for Mr. Boyer = Please have a further study made of this problem.) April 17, 1952 Letter to Mr. Dean from Davis Confirmed agreements of conference 1. AEC will re-examine health hasards at Bikini, 2. 3, April 24, 1952 AEC will advise of island characteristics of another test island, Interior will suggest possible islands as test sites, Memo to Coloel Schlatter from Colonel Sturges Sturges discussed matter with Sady, Department of Interior who stated that Honolulu Office of Interior asked to provide information on suitable islands and atolls as test sites in place of Bikini. (Colonel Schlatter note: After above information is available, we will ask Santa Fe Operations if one of the uninhabited islands will serve as an alternate rather than Bikini.) May 2, 1952 Meno to Sturg:s from Bugher Confirms their telephone conversation to the effect that a re-survey of Bikini coincides with Biology & Medicine plan to have this done in near future, They have the money to do this. Dr. Donaldson, University of Washington Fish Laboratory, will get a team together. Since it will be some months before they are ready, Bugher asks for specific questions needing an answer right sway. Following actions seem necessary: 1. . Get Blology & Medicine to state final position, as soon as possible as to whether Bikini is safe for the natives to return and live there. 2. Assuming Bikini safe, SFO-AFC must determine whether Bikini should be held as test site. 3. Assuming we can get along without Bikini, SFOeAEC must select another island from the list to be submitted by the Department of Interior. 4. Question cf money to pay for another island for the natives must be resolved if we decide to keep Bikini.