Ray:
All right, Senator.
Senator John:
J] was interested to hear you say that the island of Bikini
is different from all of the other islands in these atolls.
But now I want
to ask pointedly, face to face, how about Runit and Enjebi?
Ray:
You are correct, Senator, that I should have mentioned Runit because
it is a special case.
I was thinking of it as an island that {is not now
and has not been intended to be, for some years, a residence island.
certainly is an exception.
It
It's not quite the same situation as Bikini but
all of us agree that residence on Runit would not be advisable.
As to
Enjebi, Enjebi is, has been reported to the people of Enewetak, and the,
and the dose expectations for living on Enjebi have been reported.
It
falls within this same range, the range of numbers that we're talking about
here.
Bill you can help me with what they are.
Robison:
It is very near the guidelines.
It is right around the
guidelines for that island.
Ray:
Enjebi is very close to the guideline, very close to the standards.
Buck:
Ray:
Close to the standard?
Close to the guidelines.
Senator John:
Okay, wcll, I would really like a clarification on Enjebdi
then, since I have heard what ycu have just said.
I «understand, that, I
know that there has been plenty of breadfruit planted for experimentation,
for observation at Enjebi and we are in a situation now where we're hungry.
We have, and there are plenty of ripe breadfruit at Enjebi.
Would I have
your recormendation, permission to notify my people that they can eat
breadfruit from Enjebi, that breadfruit which jis grown there and that was
ina test situation but is ripe and ready to eat and we need {t?
We are
out of food at other places, so can we go to Enjebi and harvest breadfruit
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there?
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