oe \ a cf UNITE . 1 oo D STATES . jodl Oe Newt ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20545 ACS 7 ac BUG 7 1974, Mr. Thomas S. Dunmire, Staff Consultant Connittee on Interior ’ and insular Affairs ‘House of Representatives _ Dear Mr. Dunoire: ' This is in response to your request of June 13, 1974, to Dr. S. Marks | *- -of my staff for AEC-corments on a report of the Special Joint Comittee Concerning Rongelep end Utirik Atolls of the Congress of Micronesia. The report provides docuzeatetion supporting a request for compensaticn — for damages to the Ronget2p and Utirik Atolls and their inhabitants resulting troa the therconuclear test conducted on Bikini Atoll on ¢ Briefly stated, the report requests the following types of compensation: 1. Payments of $50,000 each to the mother and father of the deceased 2. Payzents of $25,000 each to persons’ who have had thyroid operations 3, Payments of $1,000 each to the people of Utirik who were relocated -4 leukezia patient; - ~ because of radiation-incuced disease; subsecuent to the test; and Funds of $25,000 annually for community purposes for each atoll(Rongelz> and Utirix) in addition te the usual Grant Fund appropriations by the U. S. Congress, In February 1950, les21 action was initiated o « n behalf of the inhabitents of Rorgelap Atoll to seek compensation for damages suffered as a consequence of the test. Although tne suit was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction of the court in the Trust Territory, the complaint was considered to have rerit by the United States Congress. Accordingly, - Jegislation was enacted on August 22, 1964 (P.L. 88-485), to provide compensation to the people of Rongelap. DOE ARCHIVES ‘ US DGE ARCHIVES RG 826 US ATOMIC’ ENERGY | COMMISSION. . _ BEST COPY AVAILABLE Colicetion DBM-EP F/LES oxboeoTabs 7723 TAB D — AEC's Recomnendations Folder 712A 7 (Eanwetek) sLane - DEC. ee - ‘ 7s . oy Arm aA oe aude 37