Wa Re NE ; a FOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION NEVADA OPERATIONS OFF . PLO, BOK 14100 LAS VEGAS, MEVADA 89114 qe “7? R. E. Hollingsworth General Manager, HQ ENIVETOK —— 7 During the past approximately one year, NV has become aware of, and IT have beccme increasingly concerned about, certain conditions and activities at Eniwetok Atoll. My concern stems from three facts: a. It has appeared probable that Eniwetok, which has not yet had a Bikini-style radiological cleanus, would soon be a candidate for rehabilitation and return to the Marshallese. Since mid-April 1972, this probability has become reality, with a public commitment by the United States to return Eniwetok to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by the end of 1973. (See Encl. 1). b. It has been known, due to the nature of the testing which | was conducted at Eniwetok, that cleanup and rehabilitation when it did occur would be significantly more difficult and more costly than had been similar activities at Bikini. It was also suspected that increased environmental censitivity and political and public visibility would be complicating factors in an Eniwetok rehabilitation. ageravate the known (and unknown) ies of the Department of agencies which could which could subject their particip unacceplable radiological exposures. The following is a chronology of recent NV actions pertaining to Eniwetok : duly 1971 NV and EPA participated with Air Force PACH Program personnel in a preliminary site ~ 4 selection visit to Enivestok. nt sa re fhe Air Force ATTACHSENT 1