SeeOEDolen, oe 2 MBBS! 2. Stripping of the vegetation to permit planting of coconuts, pandanus, preaMoust, etc. This was accomplished by cutting swaths — which were approximately 20 feet wide on 56-foot centers through the vegetative cover. 3. Determination of external background radiation levels at each step of the clearing and stripping operations. 4, Obtaining additional samples of available food items for laboratory analysis for comparison with previously collected data. Although permanent occupancy was to be limited to the islands of Bikini and Eneu, the Ad Hoc Committee further concluded that "radioactive scrap should be removed from the islands adjacent to former shot sites." Since these islands may be used for the collection of birds, turtles, and their eggs for human consumption, removal of radioactive debris would make the scrap unavailable for collection by the natives. The final objectives of the clean-up program, therefore, included the elimination of all physical hazards and the disposal of all radioactive scrap from each island of the atoll in addition to the specific measures cited for Bikini and Eneu.