‘lecrease in
.
the radionuclide body burden.
taaterior decided,
OL
Energy,
that
will]
che evidence presented by
Ar wr tialfradsologics
Biking
re)
the earliest
Sul.ev currently underway and other
tests os Bikiaf beings concucee! by
determine whether
the
the Department
the people livine on Bikini should te moved at
aeotoudhe.
radiological
in the Lighe of
Fhe Departuenc of
tan.
Go Cue
the Deparerent of Enerey
roveseesble future,
be
considered as a home for ‘the Bikini peaple.
Among the requests of
10.
request
for a statement
li.
sentatives of
12.
commitments
13.
ing. aire
14.
expressed. *
the people of both Bikini and Kili was a
in writing of the understandings
that
the repre-
the United States conveyed during these meecings and of
that
intended
those representatives were willing to make.
to
respond
to
the principal
concerns
then aud
the
The fellorchere
is.
16.
Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Van Cleve, on behalf of
i?.
United States,
18,
Territory,
and Mr.
Winkel,
the Government
of
the
on behalf of the Government of the Trust
offered the following assurances:
19.
I.
20.
The Government of the United States considers itself generally
2).
responsible for the well being of
22.
and,
23.
will seek to arrange their relocation, permanently,
24.
manner possible.
25.
such authority and such resourees as may be required
following consultation with
the Bikini people and their descendents
them,
the Governmenc of the United States
in the most satisfactory
The Department of the Interior will undertake
to obtain
in order to meet and
Btn uti TA, I we to ae Rikind ana Rabi ete.) tthe faery
officers telerred tu above were involved in a major airplane accident
off the coast of Guam.
Although they were among the survivors, their
notes taken st the meetings sunk with the airplane.
This statement,
drafted by Mrs. Van Cleve on August 15 at the Guam Naval Hospiral is
intended to be as full as recollections permit, but in the circumstances
it way not be complete.