BIKINI - -2- January 22, 1969 . pe aireraft of the Kwajalein Missile Range can land to bring in nitiasl supplies and manpower. The logistics of shipping heavy equipment and supplies reportedly have been arranged for by the military. The AEC has planned 13 weeks for mobilization of the clean-up, but they expect it can be done faster. Director of Community Development, Fran Mahoney said that twelve to twenty Bikinians from Kili Island would be needed by the end of February. The AEC plans to start by removing the radioactive ccrap and dumping it at sea. The huge rusting towers would be demolished as would any other unsafe structure and the cement bunkers would be repaired where cracked. The exact scope of the work is not clear this time, but it is expected that there will be a considerable amount of brush clearing. a The brush would be piled for compost, + ‘x or burned. While the future financing of the Bikini return is not clear, Trust Territory officials appear to be delighted thet the first step will soon be taken, z In ot her preparations for the return to Bikini, Dr. Robert A. Conard is preparing to do baseline studies on the Bikini people so that the amount of radiation accumulated after their return can be measurec, Dr. Conard, of the Erookhaven National Laboratory, has been responsible for the continuing cbservation of the Rongelcp people since their exposure to radioactivity fifteen years azo.