‘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.