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CIRCUMSTANCES AT HAND, ¢ AM AWARE THAT AT TIMES THEY HAVE COME
INTO QUESTION FOR STYLE, IF NOT FOR CONTENT.
1 UNDERSTAND THAT FIVE SPECIFIC ACTIONS HAVE BEEN QUEST FONED
BY THE ONA STAFF AND THAT THESE HAVE COME TO YOUR ATTENTION AS
WATTERS OF CONCERN TO GEN. DUNN, FOUR OF THE FIVE HAVE OCCURRED
DURING MY TENURE AS MANAGER, NV, AND ! CAN ADORESS THEM FROM
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. THE REMAINING ONE, WHICH | SHALL ADDRESS
FIRST, { HAVE CAREFULLY RESEARCHED IN THE RECORD AND MY COMMENTS
AND CONCLUSIONS ARE BASED UPON THAT RESEARCH AS WELL AS DETAILED
DISCUSSIONS WITH MY DEPUTY, WHO AT THE TIME WAS ACTING AS THE
MANAGER.
FIRST, THE SO*CALLED QUARANTINE OF RUNIT. IN MID=MAY, 19725 AS
QUR PRELIMINARY RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENIWETOK WAS BEING
COMPLETED, RAY LEARNED, !RFORMALLY, OF A PLANNED VISIT OF
E NSWETOK TRADITIONAL LEADERS TO ENIWETOK ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR
LAWYERS AND BY A NUMBER OF TRUST TERRITORY OFFICIALS. KNOWING
OF THE SERIOUS RADIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN
IDENTIFIED AND BEING SENSITIVE ALSO TO THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
OF THE VISIT, HE JOINED THE PARTY AT KWAJALEIN AND RETAINED Two
MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF AT ENIWETCK TO PROVIDE A RADIOLOGICAL
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