procurement especially in face of the impending austerity. I hope this will clarify our position on questions 2 and 3. As to question 1, "the future of current Marshall Island Programs and proposed newer expanded missions" our position papersof December 1978 and the updated position papers of 1979 and 1980 clearly state BNL's positions for each increment of expansion. screening program. As such, The medical program is essentially a it has unique structural and architectural requirements, unlike most other health care facilities. We have a large file of what those requirements are and we would be delighted to discuss those plans in depth with the projected construction facilities or engineers. As we have stated repeatedly in the past, we wouldultimately desire fixed examination sites on each of the islands, designated as our responsibility by the DOE. Transportation to and from these islands would best be handled by air transport and we have discussed with the PASO group, at length, the various options possible in this area. We know that the Marshall Islands government is actively interested in establishing STOL airstrips on each of the islands and we feel that some agreeable cooperative effort could be mounted to work synergistically for the good of the Marshallese people. The details of the expansion for each of the possible atolls is discussed in detail in the appendicies. The details of the examination on each of these atolls will be dependent upon the clear definition of the role of the medical team as outlined by the DOE. This definition will in turn determine the frequency of the examination and the composition of the team. will in turn determine the logistic requirements. These variables When BNL receives an. outline of the specific types of examinations and a clear definition of the intermittent/continuous medical care responsibilities we will be able to define much more clearly the required logistic elements. € iy JU a,