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‘RS you doubtless: know, wea have already taken the public
‘position that Eneu is unsafe, and that it ought not to be used
as on alternative to Bikini. With D.O.E.‘'s concurrence, I
‘stated the following on May 22 before the Housa Appropriations ~~
Subcessmittee:
“fhe Comittee will recall that when we testified before
You a month coo, we anticipated, on the besis of the
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those predicted on the besia of the known cesium and
strontium content of the coil, _Recordingly, vo have coneste’. that wa pact eliminate Enew aS .an. altemative .
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then co Bnew, as head bean the Bikinians! hope end ours®. _
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“fhe test results reported by tha Departeent of Energy
lead the Interier Pepartment end the Government of the
Trust fTerritery co two conclusions: we Bust move all of
the current: eeaidents of Bikini Island off that island,
as quickly sa we are able to do so; we must not move
FE the foregoing conelusions concerning thea unavailability of.
Gneu are net corrach, we must knov that fact presmtly.
The
information we received from D.O.5. in Hay supported the abova
categorical etatenents.
If there ig any doubt from 5.0.8."
. Btandpoint as to the conclusion atated.cancerning Eneu, waclearly need to know of it prouptly.
Any camaents you can
offer prior to our earring acheduled for June 19 would be
helpful. Wa shall hope to hear fros you by then.
Sincerely yours,
@RS, RUTH G. UAT CLEVE”
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hast information then available to us froa the Depart-
ment of Energy, that if it vere necarngary to move the
Foople of Bikini Iekend to an aitermative, safe site, we
could expect that the nearby islend of Eneu would be
avalleble for that purpose.
Last Thureday wa learned
that tents c€ a Limited scple Gk focdstuffs crowing on
Eneu showed an uptuke ef radionuclides much in excess of
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