in the Rongelap atoll,.,., for radiation exposures sustained by them as a result of a thermonuclear detonation at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954" (ser-enciysure=2e The Secretary of the Interior was authorized to pay $950,000 less fees for legal services to the 83 inhabitants of Rongelap, or to their survivors, affected by radiation exposure after the detonation. The paymenc was made in full settlement and discharge of all claims against the United States arising out of the detonation. Each exposed individual or his heirs received approximately $11,000 as a Lump sum payment. . Although thyroid lesions were discovered by the Brookhaven medical survey team as early as September 1963, the bill was introduced prior to that date and . the. Lilet ae was acted upon without apparent awareness of vany . ate/medical sequelae of the exposure to fallout. The bill did not provide for payment of compensation to the Uririk people who received an average estimated radiation dose of 14 rads from fallout. The ‘people of Utirikhave felt slighted at their omission fron the compensated population, especially since they were evacuated from their island to Majuro for a limited period and are included in the medical surveys at three year intervals. In November 1970 the Atomic Energy Commission made a sum of $16,000 available to the Trust Territory as an inconvenience payment to the 157 exposed Utirik persons or their heirs. It was felt that this token sum would satisfy the need of the Utirik people for recognition. The High Commissioner of the Trust Territory never signed the executive agreement required to accomplish the disbursement of for reasons ee 5008583 that we have not been able to ascertain. the payments to the Utirikese