officer told me. Major General P. W. Clarkson, Joint Task Force Commander, /Clarkson/ got his first tip that something had gone awry from weathermen on the night of March 1. The next day planes landed at Rongelap and Utirix and scientists decided that natives and military personnel should be evacuated immediately. people. High speed destroyerswent into action end evacuated all the The evacuation was completed in two days and the affected people were on Kwajalein receiving medical assistence. A top /Naval Medical Research Institute/ military medical team [rere] was flown to Kwajalein from /Bethesde, Maryland./ the United States. arrived here March 10. They The medical unit returned to the U.S. from Kwajalein early in May when it became evident that all exposed natives and U.S. persornel would recover without serious consequences, Tne Americens were transferred to Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu and since they have been returned to the U.S. to duty with their parent organization. The decision to allow the Utiriz people to return to their isiand immediately and the need to find a temporary home for the Rongelap people for one year was made in April. A survey party visited the two Atolis. It consisted of representatives from Joint Task Force Seven; Commander in Chie?, Pacific Felset; High Commissioner, Trust Territory of Pacific Islinds; the Atomic Energy Commission Engineer Contractors (Holmes & Narver) and the native Megistrates of Rongelap and Utirik. The Utirik people will be furnished adequate water end food supplies by the U.S. people will live on Ejit in the Majuro Atoll. For the next year the Rongelep They will leave for their new homes the first week in June. The AEC contractors have constructed an entirely new village of 27 buildings. There will be 16 homes with an over-all measurement of 16 by 32. (more)