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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C, 20545
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Mr.
Thomas S,.
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Dunmire,
Staff Consultant
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
_House of Representatives
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Briefly y stated,
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of compensation::
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lL. Paynents of $50,000 each to. the mother and father of the deceased
leukenia patient;
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Payaents of $25,090 cach to persons’ who have had thyroid operations
because of radiation-~induced disease:
Payments of $1,000 each to the people of Utirik who were relocated
subsecuent to the test; and
Funds of $25,000 annually for community purposes for each atoll:
(Rongelao and Utirik) in addition te the usual Grant Fund appro~
priations by the U. S. Congress.
In February 1950, legal action was initiated on behalf of the inhabitants
of Rongelap Atoll to seek compensation For damages suffered as a conscquence of th
Although the suit was dismissed for lack of
jurisdiction of the court in the Trust Territory, the complaint was
‘considered to nave merit by the United States Congress.
Accordingly,
legislation was enacted on August 22, 1964 (P.L. 88-485), to provide
compensation to the people of Rongelap.
BEST COPYAVAILABLE
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1974,
Concerning Rongelap and Utirik Atalls of the Congress of Micronesia.
The report provides docuccatation supporting’ a request for compensati+zna
for damages to the Ronge
ons? and Utirik Atolls and their inhabitants
resulting froma the therro
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Gar test conducted on Bikini Atoll on
March 1, 1954.
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This is in response to your request of June 13,
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