fos -. ' UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C, 20545 . , ee 401406 pl] oe, ue “RUG 2 4974 1 Mr. Thomas S,. . Dunmire, Staff Consultant Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs _House of Representatives .Rear Mr, Briefly y stated, S > to Dr. S. Marks | the xrevort requests ? q the following of compensation:: & types CtyYP P lL. Paynents of $50,000 each to. the mother and father of the deceased leukenia patient; . 3, -4&, 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 owes css my TAB D -—- AEC's = \ 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 cle Gar test conducted on Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954. ‘ om . This is in response to your request of June 13, rm : . - Dunnire: cof my stafi- for AEC-cosments on a report of the Special Joint Comittee nw te “1 ** , Recommendations