study the interim observation of disease events that might otherwise not be detected by the Brookhaven survey team or by medical aides in residence on the outlyins islands. If a decision were reached to provide payment in accordance with S. B. No. 89, it would probably be necessary to state that the funds are research funds and that they are subject to the usual periodic review of research expenditures. 6. On 2-12-73 the Micronesian Congress passed another bill, S. B. No. 146 (Enclosure 4), which extended the life of the special Joint Committee for two additional years and considerably broadened its scope to include investigation of the "results of irradiation to the people, reef, land and marine life of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls in the Marshall Islands District and any other effects of atomic weapons testing in the Trust Territory" and obtaining "compensation for the people of Rongelap and Utirik atolls for their dislocation, injury, deprivation, illness and suffering, both physical and mental, and for damage to the islands, their flora and fauna, reefs, lagoons and sources of food or livelihood as a result of exposure to irradiation." To date, the Committee has not acted on that partg of its mission concerned with obtaining compensation for the people "for the injuries which they have suffered." We may infer that postponement of action on the compensation issue was linked to broadening the scope of compensation to mental as well as physical injury and to damage to the islands and environment as detailed in the preceding paragraph. 7. In February 1973, theSpecial Joint Committee issued a 264 page report titled "A Report on the People of Rongelap and Utirik Relative to Medical of the March L, 1954, Incident-Injury, Examination and Treatment.'' Aspects Tae report presents a scientific introduction, a historical narrative of the thermonuclear detonation and its after effects on the population and certain complaints against AEC and DOD as well as a set of recommendations (see Enclosure 5 for further discussion of the Committee report). 8. Any actions or negotiations undertaken by the AEC with respect to the Marshallese must be considered in the larger context of the relations between the U. S. Government and the Pacific Islands. There are a number of issues under consideration by the Trust Territory such as property negotiations concerning other islands, continued DOD testing in the Marshall Islands, and long-term continuation of the trusteeship. Trusteeship Council of the U. IO 15b60 Political influences such as complaints to the N. may be brought to bear on the situation. The issue of personal injury to the Marshallese is perhaps the most newsworthy in this complex picture, -4-