”6 e of v (PAGE TWO) ae EVACUATED FROM YOUR BELOVED HOMELAND, AND THE BURNING DESIRES AND ANXIETIES WHICH HAVE RENDERED IT UNBEARABLE FOR YOU TO WAIT ANY LONGER TO RETURN TO YOUR LONG MISSED HOMELAND. HOWEVER, YOUR GOVERNMENT, IN ALL FAIRNESS, MUST ADVISE YOU THAT IT CANNOT BLESS NOR PARTICIPATE IN ANY DECISION MAKING FOR YOUR RETURN TO ENEVWETAK WITHOUT BEING ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE LINGERING DANGER OF RESIDUAL RADIATION IN ENEWDTAK. ‘THE RECENT-GAO REPORT | ON THE APPARENT RADIATION DANGER IN ENEWETAK HAS GIVEN US MUCH CONCERN AND GROUND FOR SERIOUS DOUBTS WHETHER YOUR RETURN TO ENEWETAK UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES AT THIS TIME IS ALL THAT PRUDENT AND SAFE. WE CANNOT BE SURE WHETHER THE CONCRETE ENTOMBMENT OF THE RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS AND MATTERS BURIED IN THE BOMB CRATER IN ONE OF THE ISLANDS IN THE LAGOCN OF ENEWETAK IS PERMANENTLY SECURED AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE LEAKAGE IN THE FUTURE. AND IF SUCH POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST, WE ARE NOT AWARE THAT THERE ARE PROPER AND ADEQUATE MEANS OF PRECAUTIONARY MONITORING TO CHICK AND WARN AGAINST FUTURE LEAKAG®. WE HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT THE IA 1TATION LEVEL ON THE ISLAND OF ENIU IN BIKINI ATOLL IS ANALOGOUS TO THT OF THE HABITABLE ISLANDS IN ENEWETAK ATOLL. IF SUCH 1S ACCURATE, IT IS, INDEED, DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THESE ISI,7'") IM ENCYETAK ARE CONSIDERED SAFE WHILE ENIU ISLAND OF EQUAL } ALTON VEL HAS BEEN DECLARED UNSAPE FOR THE BIKINNIANS TO RESHITLE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TO WHICH YOUR GOVFRNIENT MUS'T HAVE, BUT DOES NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS, IN ORDER TO BE RETTER PONETIONED TO ADVISE YOU OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS IS VERY MUCH