. OR ee el os ee ee Pom hen PROPOSED NEWS RELDASE ON BIKINI RESTORATION sp. x K (?ee teins ten fon and cquipment will Laud on Bikini Atoll this month, beginning a din “Malek entries ar noajor projoot by the VU, 8. Govornasont to rortore tho atoll to a hnbit= able condition for Dikindans who wish to roturn to the nid-Pacific Ysland, Dopartnont of Defonso and the Atomio Energy Commission (are) havo da a aae joined Departinont of the Intorior in tho projoct. Tho Bikinians wore rocotticd fron the atoll beforo tho U, S, nuoloartosting program bezan * a om want, to roturn ond tho three govorn= mental asencies havo beow they xocutive Order to assist. Dopurtmont of Dofenss wall remove radioactive hazards bet debris, the AES will OILS ak Mdelro inqreed & S prox:oereeata Lie and Departmont of. the Interior will seo to tho actual relocation and resettlement of tho . a lbgieen!Waets+--dee permetethReae Meee og md oneal ries eek ectein Sre mee aA TN oe tied ule ee 4cfinte TD bensails arth. alse 08 ares ee Kotte ede ces ede fe tl Me thoro como 20 yuarsa ago. Bikinians. Vico Admiral L. Li. bustin, Director of the Dofense Atomic Support Agency (DASA), has boen named project manager by the Department of Defense. Host of the men and equipont will be provided by liajor Goneral EB, H, deSaussure, Jr., who commands DASA's Joint Task Forcoa 8, Air Forco Colonel John W. Rawlings, Jr., will be in direct command of the restoration force on tho Atoll, | | | Initial effort of the project will be to cloan up the isilards of Bikini and Bnyu, doth in the woutheast part of the atoll. The atoll itself consists of a chain of large and smali coral islands surrounding | SIFIED -— CONFIRMED TOBE UNCLAS Pio g-7aze aa DOE/SA-20 a BY By ScHMEDS,ala / : 3204 &. stone 2 X) fe 50% |