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CIRCUMSTANCES AT HAND, { AM AWARE THAT AT TIMES THEY HAVE COME
INTO QUESTION FOR STYLE, IF NOT FOR CONTENT.
| UNDERSTAND THAT FIVE SPECIFIC ACTIONS HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED
BY THE DNA STAFF AND THAT THESE HAVE COME TO YOUR ATTENTION AS
MATTERS OF CONCERN TO GEN. DUNN. FOUR OF THE FIVE HAVE OCCURRED
DURING MY TENURE AS MANAGER, NV, AND 1 CAN ADDRESS THEM FROM
PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. THE REMAINING ONE, WHICH | SHALL ADDRESS
FIRST, 1 HAVE CAREFULLY RESEARCHED IN THE RECORD AND MY COMMENTS
AND CONCLUSIONS ARE BASED UPON THAT RESEARCH AS WELL AS DETAILED
DISCUSSIONS WITH MY DEPUTY, WHO AT THE TIME WAS ACTING AS THE
MANAGER.
FIRST, THE SO-CALLED QUARANTINE OF RUNIT. IN MID=MAY, 1972, AS
OUR PRELIMINARY RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENIWETOK WAS BEING
COMPLETED, RAY LEARNED, INFORMALLY, OF A PLANNED VISIT OF
ENIWETOK TRADITICNAL LEADERS TO ENIWETOK ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR
LAWYERS AND BY A NUMBER OF TRUST TERRITORY OFFICIALS. KNOWING
OF THE SERIOUS RADIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN
IDENTIFIED ANO BEING SENSITIVE ALSO TO THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS
OF THE VISIT, HE JOINED THE PARTY AT KWAJALEIN AND RETAINED TWO
MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF AT ENIWETOK TO PROVIDE A RADIOLOGICAL
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