TRIP REPORT - MAJURO, KILI, JALUIT ~24 Whole Body Counting : A boat was nade available from the Marshalls Government's Department of R&D and we went to Ejit (10 minutes from downtown Majuro) and met with the elders and leaders. There were about 55 Kilians . (Bikinians) living there as part of the resettlement program. ‘They deemed to welcome the chance to be coupted and of course saw us as ‘doctorswho were there to take care of them, We tried to dispel this notion by explaining what the Whole Body Counting (WBC) was for. Each person over 5 years of age was paid $10 to provida them with funds to buy meals, take taxis, ete. while in Majuro, The peuple were returned to Ejit each night and the counting tock Place fron May 15 through 17. . x - yo The ‘WBC trailer is in bad shap2 as it suffers from maladies associated with old age and a life of debauchery. While we were successful in getting the air conditioners repaired we did not have the same good fortune with the roof, and deterioration continues. We negotiated for a ship to go to Kili and ended up with the M.V. Marshall Isiands which runs on DC current, aithough the trailer uses AC. While the Marshalis Governmont made every effort to provide us with a working generator we ended up in the communications station clearing with the people of Kili and Jaluit Atoll the idea of picking up the people at Kili and performing the counting dockside at Jaluit Atoll using reguiar shorepover. A deal was struck with the people from Kili welcoming a "weekend" in Jaluit, an atoll with amenities and an -bundance of fish. The WBC was performed in this manner. Only 15 people went from Kili to Jaluit The others said they would for counting purposes. welcome being checked but the death of an infant on Kili involved Social obligations at Kili. The health aide and his family also stayed because of his duties but indicated if we had a replacement he would have been glad to come. All in all we were well received. fhe people were in unison as to wanting to know when the Enyu decision would be forthcoming. There was no closeout meeting at Kili. TI asked the Acting Magistrate if he wanted one, but due to the funeral ceremony and the fact the many council members were off island he declined after I assured him that the radiation levels in their bodies continued to drop as expected and presented no known danger to the peaple,. He was to have explained this to the other leaders. , In all, 12? .persons were.counted from Kili, Ejit and Majuro, 81 of whom were present on Bikini in April 1978. I was told by BNI, personnel that between the January counting and this latest exercise, all but a handful of people had been counted. We returned to Majuro on Wednesday, May 23rd, and had a very interesting n —/ th cr; mo co meeting with the Bikinians on Ejit later that day. major points I emphasized several times: There were four