DOCUMENT DOES NOT v CONTAIN EC! Reviewed by ay le \ DYpeell y c DateHY2 UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE P.O. BOX 14100 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89114 409798 March 28, 1974 Mr. Tommy F. REPOSITORY McCraw Division of Operational Safety U. S. Atomic Energy Conmission Washington, D. C. 20545 PN NL . arsh conection Marshal) Zslands oxo Deed ‘ Dear Tommy, FOLDER “e peut fa k: fi I make this a personal letter for a number of very personal reasons. First and foremost is my respect for you and my desire not to complicate your already difficult position. Too, I find that I have personal convictions wnich I cannot properly ask my boss to endorse without also asking him to expend the effort to become as well-informed as I think but few of us are on the very complex radio-bio-geo-political-cultural-economic puzzle that we have been troubled with for the past couple of years. I defer, without question or reservation, to your superior knowledge of Bikini’s recent history and, aqain without question or reservation, to your knowledge and judament regarding standards and criteria. JI am most grateful for our dialog of the past two years and our continuing exchange of confidence. Both of us, I think, have arrived - albeit by different routes - at a common commitment: to do that, which intellect and conscience will] permit, to see the birthright of the people of Bikini and Enewetak restored. You have met the Bikini people; you have talked with them, and you have been privileged to be instrumental in the steps toward their return. I have met some of them, too, and it was a joyous occasion that we witnessed when three little families stepped off an ancient LCM on February 4th to start a new life ina strange land called "home". I have also met a number of the Enewetak people - perhaps 20 of them - over these two years - and I must admit that just by that fact of many exposures over 4 long time I have unavoidably become more personally involved in their destiny than in that of the Bikinians - not more interested, just more personally involved. There is another difference - grossly more difficult for me to quantify - and that is the different world in which we live, conpared with the world which existed four and five and six years BEST COPY AVAILABLE fof