ACE APA REPOSITORY » OP TIONAL FORM NO. 10 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO - William A, Bonnet, Manage lsu. f[ fA So p o&/NV /aat, ELD # onBe HeepLL2oT BOX No. ; o0& 7O~ HED , “DA. COMED DATE: November 15, 1966 Honolulu Area Office FROM : Neil S. Rasmussen, Contract & Proc, Sp. Honolulu Area Office SUBJECT: STATUS OF PROPERTY IN MARSHALL ISLANDS The information in this report was obtained from various sources, Very few documents have been located, so the sources are shown to aid the reader in evaluating the validity of facts. We received a letter from Dr, Conard April 20, 1966 stating there were five buildings he believed belonged to the AEC and two sheds on Utirik, He requested three buildings be retained for the medical survey team and the other two buildings and sheds be given to the natives for materials for a council house, We requested our Nevada Operations Office to determine the status of these buildings. On June 6, 1966 we received a copy of an Agreement between AEC and the Trust Territory which provided for the T.T, to obtain sites for rad-safe purposes. No specific sites were listed. The letter stated the responsibility for the leases were transferred from AEC to DOD August 9, 1960. On June 16, 1960 a twx was received from Joint Task Force Eight stating they had no plans for use of the facilities, but DOD interest was not mentioned. ae On August 30, we requested permission to dispose of all similar property on the other islands. AEC Nevada concurred by twx dated September 1, 1966, In September, during a tour of the Territory, our Contract Specialist, obtained copies of correspondence from T. T. Headquarters which revealed the following information: An Agreement dated June 1961 between the T. T. and DOD (DASA) was executed to replace the AEC Agree- ment, The wording is the same except the new Agreement provided for an indefinite term. No specific sites were listed,