we 1 Oe Oe Ree See ee ee ce ae eh ete athe od ea cere Bene akke Te cae ee ae tom Bede ee ene Me et . ere er Sr ere ee eee ry e — ere naerres A an et ee ee ee ee ee epee ee ee ee ” a at oor ne eT at, ee i i er ae wee te ‘ow hemets heey ‘a. a eigen ee ee re re eereer eee ii an ee a mine ome e e QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR BIKINI RESTORATION PROJECT Q. Will similar projects bo undertaken in bohalf of othor displacod — natives, the Eniwetokians, for instance? A, This project 19 limited to Bikini. I havo no information on other projeots, Q Will you salvage the ships sunk in tho Bikini lagoon? A, This project is limited to rostoration of the land part of the atoll and doss not include underwater salvace operations, Q. Is the Defense Department going to rosettie all the natives at once? 4. The Defense Department won't be resettling any natives, This project is boing undertaken by three government aguneiear” Department of tho Interior, Department of Defenso and the Atomic Enorgy Cosmission, Restoration of the islands falls within tho DOD purview with AEC ascertaining that radioactive hazards have been elininated, At this point, BOD will be out of the projoct and Department of the Interior will undortake the actual resettlement. AC will continue vorious monitoring activities, Q. Will any Bikinians be hired to work on tho projoct? A. Yes, Bikinians will be recruited. They will, howaver, not be enployed in handling any -contaminated scrap, Zoe 72 3E- for Q bie 3 IO05Z11 Ae : es |