United States Departmentof the
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Dear ftir.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 202490
Doolin:
This is in reference to the letter of Ausust 4, 1972, sent
to Assistant Secretary G
Warren Nutter by Assistant
secret ary of interior Harris on Loesen on the suoject-.or
Enitvet
Atoll renacilitatie n.
As that letter indicated,
We locke “forward cto working with tne Devartment or Defense
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ana
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on the cleanup and renabilitati on of Enive
eventual return of her peooie.
Although tne return of Eniwetok Atoll to the Trust Terri-_
tory Administration Will not take place until tne end of
1973, planning for-the necessary cleanup and rehabilitation |
programs should be initiated as soon as possible.
The
success of these brosrams will depend on interagency co-
ordination and I cvelieve it essential that we call a high
level interagency meeting to develop overall planning,
to assign administrative resconsibdilities, to identify
Funding responsibilities, and to outline 2 general plan
of work for the various agencies which will be involved.
.
fccordingly, I am vroposing to call
ieeting toa be held
in my office at the Interior
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Department on Septemoer 7,
1972, at 2 p.m.
ALI
of the agencies, now involved or who
have peen involved with past projects on “Eniwetok, ara
belns invited oy cooy of this ietter.
Also in attengence
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WiLL be Deputy Hish Commissioner Peter T. Coleman who
headea an interagency team whicn made an inspection visit
to Eniwretok last nay:
[sel bis-shtendancewillbe
valuable for background ourposes.
<A detailed
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report of the
inspection trip hes been issued and conies will be made
evaileole to all asency representatives prior to the
September 7, 1972 meeting
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+ am inviting ton lavel penresentatives from the 4.E.C.:
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(GOD)
General Carvarcard
Counsel (rAAn?
(DOD); Sir
Force,
avy,
(OD); SAXTZC (AF); ATSD (AE); ASD (HE); ASD
army
\eompevelier};
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ASD (END); BDRE; OSH; OMB; as well 4s
Soeart Drom tnberior.
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woulda te asoreciated if you er
& sinior official from youe office could attend the
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