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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
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THE DOI PRESS RELEASE OF AUG 23 REGARDING BIKINI HAS HAD