ROGER RAY, C/O DISTAD, MARSHALL ISLANDS | Q ONS Nae S [MN USERDA, DR. JAMES LIVERMAN, WASH, DC en wa USERDA, DR. M. B, BILES, DOS, WASH, DC ™N ee eee a aa oT 8 He 2 AY Oise USERDA, M. E. GATES, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA J. DEYOUNG, DOTA, DOI, WASH, DC t ~ OSA? & x Oa NS hw iS z Ss ~ - o Ng (le 68 s & -o 8 @ , eo 3+ % Qg UNC LASS. FIRST MAJURO REPORT A SEVERE ANDWIDE RANGING IMPACT. NOTE A MICRONESIAN NEWS SERVICE RELEASE, SAIPAN DATELINED AUG 29. MITCHELL, DIRECTOR OF MLSC IS QUOTED AS TERMING "DOUBLY TRAGIC" THE "ERDA. .. CALLED FOR... DELAY BECAUSE LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY IN SOME AREAS OF BIKINI ARE HIGHER THAN FEDERAL RADIATION STANDARDS. "' IT IS WIDELY UNDERSTOOD HERE, BOTHOFFICIALLY AND PUBLICLY, THAT ERDA DID INDEED CALL FOR THE 6 MONTH DELAY. THIS, IN THE OPINION OF DISTAD DEBRUM DERIVES FROM AN EXCHANGE AT THE AUGUST 12 LIVERMORE MEETING INVOLVING PRINCIPALLY DEBRUM, MLSC LAWYER ALLEN AND DR. BILES. BILES IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ASKED WHAT ACTION HE WOULD TAKE WITH PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF BIKINI IF THE 40 HOUSES CONSTRUCTED. ON BIKINI ISLAND HAD NOT ALREADY BEEN HIS ANSWER IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN THAT HE WOULD "QUARANTINE' BIKINI ISLAND. COPY OF TWX sits neg ae THE DOI PRESS RELEASE OF AUG 23 REGARDING BIKINI HAS HAD