oo - 21- the governmental, scientific and Marshallese representatives will develop a program desicn. We think that this plan should be developed as quickly as possible and should be submitted to the Congress for its review and approval prior to the appropriation of funds. The plan should include a detailed description of what the program plans to do for each group and for each atoll with respect to each of the four principal elements of the program. The governing body of the program and its organizational structure should be set out with clarity and careful cost estimates should be developed. The development of the plan can and should be done in consultation with the relevant Committees of the Congress. Summary and Recommendation We think section 103 of H.R. 3756 is an extremely important piece of legislation, founded on humanitarian concern for some innocent people whose lives have been radically affected in one way or another by the nuclear weapons testing program. The United States used those Micronesian islands for nuclear testing so as to minimize the risk of harm to its own people. With little thought for the welfare of the native inhabitants, there were wholesale forced migrations, years of exile and actual exposure to radioactive fallout. Amends have been made in some ways and for that the people are deeply grateful. In a very real sense, this kind of long- vav Bers od TRUER , voy mas tw? os ' awe . 9 : wre wr Coadget Bae mea wa ‘ oo be . .. a4 aa 7 oe 71g .