com anication with the people of Bikini, Roncselar:, and Utirik anc others affected. Enewetak, There wovid be cormunication with officials of the Governrmest of the Marshalls as weil. Marshallese would be traines first in the Marshalls and later in the United States tc carry out the education program. Pretaped radio prosrams in both Marshallese and English would provide information about nuclear radiation and its possible effects. There would be systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of the communication process anc modifications of the program as necessary. The procrar. would be a continuing one, to reinforce, review, anc update the information. The estimated cost of the Education and Information Procram for the first full year would be $950,000. Attached is a chart showing the total estimated costs of ali three programs for each of the first five years. Also attached are copies of three letters received subsegent to our meeting of December 10 with representatives of the Marshallese, among others, and pursuant to our invitation for written comments concerning the three programs then presented: -- A letter of December 15 from Jeffrey Jefferson, representing the people of Rongelap, Utirik, and several other atolls, stating, among other things, that the monitoring and education programs are inadequate in their coverage, and that the health program does not sufficiently address the radiation-related health care needs of the Marshallese; -- A letter of December 15 from Jonathan Weisgall, representing the people of Bikini, recommending, among other things, that primary care be provided for Bikinians resident only on Kili and Ejit, and Eneu should some Bikinians later move there, but that secondary and tertiary care be provided for all Bikinians, possibly outside of the Marshalls, as at present; and ‘-- A letter of December 17 from Elaine Falender, representing the Marshall Islands Government, stating, among other things, that the health care proposal is in error in stating that there are minimal radiation-relatedc health effects evident in the Marshall Islands, and stating that the Government of the Marshall Islands continues to believe that Public Law 96-205 requires that health care be provided to all of the people of the Marshalls.