discharge this responsiviiity. Ihe vepartacnt ol the interior will wall upon other agencies of the Unitcd States Goverment tu assist dt. particularly the . Department of Energy, Seo a> tu assure that, among other thirss, the medical needs of the current residents of Bikini Island continue to ve i... 1Il. Because Kili Island has, until recent weeks, been regarded as se solely a temporary relocation site for the people of Bikini, che Governments have never undertaken to construct permanent facilities there, nor to improve significantly any of the existing Kili facilities. It is now known rhat 10. Bikini Island will not be fit for human habitation for decades to come, and ll. on the basis of the most recent scientific information, it appears that Eneu 12. Island, 13. the circumstances, i4. will chonse to remain on Kili indefinitely, and the Gavernments will accord~ - 45. in the Bikini Atoll, will also be unavailable for settlement. In the Governments understund that soma of the Bikini people ingly undertake a program for the permanent rehabilitation of Kili. 16. 17. 18. III. [It is not yet possible to devclop a permanent relocation plan for the peopie of Bikini. That plan must await completion of the aerial/ ‘ 19. radiological survey that is now underway, and that is expected to be com- 20. pleted no later than the early weeks of 1979. 21. are available and evaluated, and when any remaining scientific tests found 22. necessary are also completed, all of which developments are expected to 23. eceur in the first months of 1979, 24. telocation sites. 25. with the people of Kili (including the current residents of Bikini Island 26. who will by then have relocated there), plan in detail for the relocation 27, of such Kili residents as choose to move elsewhere, affording to them a 28. choice among the possible relocation sites. 29. Kili will be secuumodated thece. 30. When those survey results it will be possible to identify safe The Governments will then, following full consultation Those who choose to remain on