REPOSITORY DOE- FORRESDTL AOZTZO coutection MARKEY FILES BOX Ne, Sek © 2.6 MINZSIHILLESE iS trnwd> rovoen HL Novi 2t oCT2I977 BEST COPY AVAILABLE lu q) ay i! I ‘1 r tI i! U jhe tt 4 i Fy ‘gd a 2 S es S a 6Oo tH re Q Ht a eI Q = REPORL UF ‘YH Mnearlicg Draenei THE UNITED STATES EVERGY RESEARCH AD DEVELCTAENT ADMINISTE.TIOg AND THE TRUST TERRITORY OF TRE PACIPI2 TELANcsS KWAJALEIN, M. I., FeEBRUSPY 4-5, LS77 Q fo ~ fu i+ lf oO ry i ‘ je formerly AEC, has for more than 20 years conZuctea ‘Cf The United States Energy Research and Develorzen= 4iciniscretion (EDA), surveillance of the people c? Rongelap and Utirik wac vere exposed to felleut from a weapons test in 1954. In the course of this activitr, end with the knowledge and consent .of the Trust Territory of the Pecffic Islents (TrP7), the ERDA medical teams have provided limited medical care for the people at Rongeliap and Utirik. The people living on Utirik and Rongelep, have recently and secezrntely expressed a desire for changes in the type of regice? cere Ser the BPA program. Specifically, they have addressed requests +o ESD4A for roré . comprehensive medical care for all the pecple living on tnese islends. It is recognized that general medical care oF the pesple of the Marshall Islands is a responsibility of the Adtintstretion of the YorI. It is in the interest of both the TIPI and the US (ERDA) to esrlore weys ok in which medical needs can best be met by cooveretivea efTor=s oF doth parties within the framework of their respective resronstidilities. In response to a Trust Territory request, the SSCA representetive reported that the US (ERDA) is prepared to continus its essistence to the TTPI in the discharge of its health care resrersirilities to the people living on Rongelap and Utirik. to11904 -