“DoE,/ PASO REPOSITORY Doe LUV COLLECTION AGA 7 soxne, 428% foe 2" Jt a FOLDER Seprg cer, 4L967? September 5, 1969 William Cooper - Asst. Mgr. P&B NVOO, USAEC, Las Vegas, Nevada BIKINI CLEANUP PROGRAM BEST COPY AVAILABLE This replies to your TWK message R252212Z Auguat 69 regarding info for SJT¥-8'g final report on AEC/DOD Bikini Cleanup. HAO summary report follows: 1. Firat contingent of 26 personnel (including 15 Holmes & Narver personnel), equipment, and supplies arrived by Navy ship, LSD Belle Grove, at Bikini Atoll on February 17, 1969. A camp was established on Enyu and the 4600-ft. runmey wes cleared of vegetation, graded and compacted. The first aircraft landed on February 22. Additional equipment and supplies reached Bikini Atoll on the ship California Standard March 6, Transcolusbia March 9-10, the Pendleton March 15, L&T San Joaquin County April 3-5, Sunnadin, Navy Tug, delivered two barges on April 17, LSD 18 Colonial May 19, Alatns August 2 and Sgt. Andrew Miller Sept. 2. To facilitate the work temporary camps were established on Bikini (How) May 18 thru June 6, Peter-Oboe in the southern complex June 12 thru July 25 and George in the northern complex July 28 thru Aug. 25. 2, DOD furnished personel for demolition (ZOD), medical services (doctor and aidmen), photography, boats, and postal services while H&i furnished personnel for equipment operation, maintenance and repeir, welding and cutting, rigging, camp operation (distillation, plumbing, electrical, messing, camp cleanup) and radic communication. ARC furnished health physicists and TT furnished a rodent control team (May 14 ~ June 4) and eight laborers since June 4, Col. J. W. Rawlings, Jr. (USAF) waa designated Commander of Joint Task Group 8.8 (atoll commander) and Joseph W. Merrill (AEC) was designated as his deputy. Both accompanied the first contingent on Feb. 17, On June 18 Col, Rawlings wae replaced by Col. Patrick J. Donohoe (Corp. of Engr.). Also, a TT representative has = present on the Atoll most of the time. OFFICE pw /__.__- “5 BC WABonnet SURNAMEpP | i DATE » |. -__.._--- Form AEC-318 (Rev. 9-53) ne eee U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ; 1966—O-214-629