BAKAL AND BAKAL TTORNEYS AT LAW an ~CF 7 $408 SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD CULVER CITY,CAERS90230 {o md veh a te en ee gli, RONALD G. BAKAL JUDY ALTAGEN BAKAL ae . ‘ TELEPHONE (213) 390-7860 De ghSePARE 2 DoveLO ey PP Novenber 15, 1976 AOS OF Pieres cre ea FO nee at he a IN ee FRAOOee Me de mi ee Dr. Robert Seamans Office Energy Résearch § Development Admin. Washington, D. C. 20545 Re: Our Client: People of Utirik Atoll, Marshall Islands Negligence ~ March 1, 1954 Dear Sir: This office has been retained by the People of Utirik Atoll, Marshall Islands, United Nations Trusteeship, to scek comensation on their behalf for damages they have suffered as a result cf the negligence of the United States Government in the detonation of a nuclear device on March 1, 1954. For the last 22 years our clients have suffered from the effects of their exposure to radiation with only token compensation and periodic medical treatment which can only be described as experimentation. Along with the high degree of thyroid tumors, including malignancy, among the exposed“population, evidence has been detected that second | generation children are being genetically afflicted. Besides the direct physical damage, the entire polulation of the atoll suffers from the emotionai and psychologivai effects of the expectation vi oe he re, res hE continuing health problems. Your agency should be well aware of the enviornmental impact the radiation has had upon the flora and fauna - of Utirik Atoll. Now that the former residents of Bikini Atoll have been compensated for their property losses by Congressional action, it is time that the people of Utirik Atoll shall be compensated for the loss of life, continuing diseases, threat of disease, altered environment and the humiliation of being treated as human guinea pigs. There are still 40 persons alive in the exposed group living on the Atoll. This office now demands that cach and every member of that group be compensated in the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for physical and psychological injury. Further demand is made on behalf of all other inhabitants of the Atoll in the sum of Sixty. Million Dollars ($60,000;,000.00) for psychological, emotional and enviormental damages. soli i \ as