the very early restrictions. % Bill Scott was present during many discussions between the people of Rongelap, Dr. @@nard and other principal investigators of the BNL Medical Department. In general he recalls that land use questions were directed to Ed Held or Tony Greenhouse. He suggested that the restriction placed on eating coconut crab may have been stated as “do not gather land crabs from the northern islands". He remembered in particular that Thomas Bella of Rongelap asked Tony Greenhouse about the use of particular islands on the northern part of the atoll. Scott connected Bella's many questions with his ownership of these islands. While Scott's recollection of details of their conversation is sketchy, he thought they centered around use of the islands in question as a total food source (pandanus, coconuts, land crabs, fishing, etc.). Tony Greenhouse recalls an involved conversation with Bella but does not remember the details. He felt travel by Rongelap people to the northern islands was unlikely because it was an exhausting trip. Therefore, his advice to them was that persons who venture north should refrain from bringing crabs back. However, during an expedition if a person was hungry, then a crab could be eaten occasionally. Tony also said that he told the Rongelap people not to use the northern islands for year-round habitation. Tony indicated his notebooks do not contain any references to such restrictions. Dr. Bond recalls the promulgation of such a recommendation to restrict land crab consumption. However, he also recalls some indication that this recommendation was widely ignored. He does not recall any other specific suggestions or recommendations. In discussions with Jan Naidu, Allyn Seymour and Lauren Donaldson indicated that restrictions had been recommended by the environmental team which visited Rongelap Island in the late 1950s. They explained to the people of Rongelap that the northern islands of their atoll were "radioactively hot” and therefore off limits to habitation and to the taking of coconut crab. Seymour recalls that Gordon Dunning, a health physicist, was responsible for making statements concerning diet restrictions and permissible activities at Rongelap. Dr. Charles Dunham had given Dunning this responsibility. Written statements concerning levels of radioactivity in food items might be found in the archives of records for the University of Washington's Laboratory of Radiation Ecology. Efforts to contact other persons mentioned previously have not been succeasful to date. are: Six reports implying the existence of restrictions were located. They 1. Report Of The Repatriation Of The Rongelap People, 1957, Holmes and Narver, Inc. pages 1-29 and 1-30. 2. Conard, R.A. et.al., 1959, Medical Survey Of Rongelap People, March 1958, Four Years After Exposure To Fallout, BNL 534 page 8. Mey this restriction was revised so that it applied only to crab gathered from the northern islands of Rongelap Atoll. Dr. Conard indicated Ed Held, John Harley, Ed Hardy, Stan Cohn and Vic Bond may possess additional information on