SUBJECT: "1 JUL 1969 Second Status Report, Cleanup of Bikini Atoll 4, On 19 May USS COLONIAL (LSD-18) delivered three LCMs and one picket boat to the Bikini Task Group, With the addition of these craft the boat group now totals 5 LCMs, 1 LCU, and a picket boat; this increase will facilitate both interisland access for cleanup work, and dumping at sea debris which requires this disposition, 5, The AEC-DOD cleanup phase, including both on-island work and . withdrawal of the Task Group, should be completed by 15 October 1969, Progress to date indicates that early actions will be needed in certain’ critical areas, These include establishment of specific written criteria for determination that cleanup work has been completed to the agreed satisfaction of all concerned; arrangements for the support of the remaining work force when the DASA Task Group is withdrawn; and certification by the AEC that all islands are radiologically safe, Each of these will be the subject of separate correspondence with the appropriate agency, A - NM biel! en edname set ae ART a elem Sten Pb te8 ate ee PLSP \ te Arta d L. M. MUSTIN tr Vice Admiral, UY Director CF: HICOMTERPACIS SAIPAN DDR&E ASD(ISA) ATSD(AE) OSD Gen Counsel Chairman, JCS CNO CINCPAC CINCPACAF CINCPACFLT CINCUSARPAC AGMMA/AEC Nat Sec Div, BOB (Fiscal Matters) CUTF-8 CJTG 8,8 —€JTG 8.5 oy hd, Bey,