—_ a | PAGE 5 RHWNEAAGGBS UNCLAS////EYES ONLY//// ESCORT AND TO INTERPRET TO THE MARSHALLESE THE REQUIREMENTS WHICH WE THEN SAW FOR ACTIONS PRECEDENT TO ANY REHABILITATION EFFORT. UPON ARRIVAL AT ENIWETOK, RAY LEARNED THAT HIS RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY PARTY HAD RETRIEVED OWN RUNIT ISLAND THREE PIECES OF DEBRIS WHICH IT WAS THEN BELIEVED MIGHT CONTAIN METALLIC PLUTONIUM. THESE FRAGMENTS WERE RETURNED BY SPECIAL COURIER TO THE UNIVERSITY O@ WASHINGTON FOR PRIORITY ANALYSIS, WITH A REQUEST THAT THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS BE REPORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UPGJ COMPLETION OF THE MARSHALLESE VISIT TO ENIWETOK, THE PARTY RETURNED TO KWAJALEIN AND, WHILE THERE, ROGER RECEIVED THE REPORT He HAD REQUESTED. IT CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTICLES WERE ALMOST CERTAINLY METALLIC PLUTONIUM. KNOWING THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF THIS MATERIAL AND, THEREFORE, THAT A LARGE QUANTITY OF PLUTONIUM ‘PROBABLY REMAINED ON RUNIT, HE BECAME DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT NO MEASURES WERE BEING TAKEN OR WERE AVAILABLE TO PREVENT SERIOUS CONTAMINATION OF PEOPLE, EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, AND MARINE CRAFT, AND, THROUGH THEM, PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATION OF ENIWETOK ISLAND AND EVEN AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THEREFROM. HE IMMEDIATELY CONSULTED WITH THE DNA PACE PROJECT OFFICER AND WITH THE SANTEC LIAISON OQ FICER ON KWAJALEIN AND INFORMED THEM THAT HE FELT IT HIS & |