an inconvenience payment.
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‘Your letter reflects an apparent misapprehension concerning the
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reason for cancelling the scheduled December 1976 visit to Utirik
of the Brookhaven National
Atoll
Laboratory medical
team.
In actuality,
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the December visit was cancelled solely as a result of the expressed
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preference of the UtIrik population.
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of the ERDA medical
Burling the September 1976 visit
team to Utirik, the team leader, Or. Knudsen, wa
Informed that {t was the desire of the UtIrik people that he see only the
essential patlents and then depart,
Dr.
Knudsen discussed the purpose of
the visits and ended his conversation by saying that he had come to Utirik
prepared
to work with the people.
then he could not return,
He stated
that
if he was not welcome,
When Or. Knudsen departed he Informed the
Magistrate that he would not be able to return to the
people
E[ndicated
their desire that he do so.
Thus,
{slands until
the
in the absence of any
positive sign of acceptance by the people, the next survey bypassed Utirik.
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hope these comments assist you In your efforts on behalf of the
Utlrik people and help to place ERDA's Trust Territory role in the proper
perspective.
As you can perhaps appreciate,
aur own long time relation~
ship with the Utirtlk people has developed in us a deep concern for their
welfare and has evoked strong support from us for the bill
sponsored by
the Department of the Interior.
Sincerely,
James L. Liverman
Assistant Administrator
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for Environment and Safety