-8The estimated cost for the first year of the proposal for
provision of special care for the peoples of the four named atolls
is approximately $10,603,700, of which $3 million would come from
Marshall Islands Government fundtexe=

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cost is close to the estimated first-year cost under the first
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alternative because much of it resetec—ee the costs of improving

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the hospitals at Ebeye and Majurog which would be required under
either alternative.
Because several representatives of the Marshallese at our
December 10 meeting believed it would be useful to have a cost
figure for a plan of lesser scope, we asked Loma Linda to provide
cost figures for a plan that would provide primary care only to the
current residents of Enewetak, Rongelap, Utirik, and Kili (there
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being no current residents of Bikini, with Kili constituting the

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secondary and tertiary care to be provided for them mbosuhere, as
is currently the case.

Loma Linda has advised us that

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2. The Environmental Monitoring, Research, and Dose Assessment
Program, prepared for Interior by the Department of Energy, under

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