COVINGTON & BURLING B&8 SIXTEENTH STREET, N. w. WASHINGTON,D.C. TELEPHONE (202)482-8000 20006 TWX: 710-822-0005 December 17, 1980 TELEx:80-803 WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER CABLE: COVLING 452-4760 Mr. Wallace O. Green Assistant Secretary Designate Territorial and International Affairs Office of the Secretary . Department of Interior Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Wallace: After reviewing the study prepared for the Depart- ment of the Interior by the Loma Linda University School of Health, entitled Marshall Islands-A Health Care Proposal in Response to P.L. 96-205 and RFP #14-01-0001-80-R-75 (the “Health Care Plan"), and the Marshall Islands Radiation Education and Information Program Plan (the "Education Plan") and the Environmental Monitoring, Research and Dose Assessment Program Plan for P.L. 96-205 (the “Monitoring Plan"), prepared for the Department of Energy by the Pacific Northwest Division of the Battelle Memorial Institute, and in light of the meetings held at the Department of Interior, on December 10, 1980, to discuss these Plans, I offer the -following comments on behalf of the Government of the Marshall Islands. Due to strike related airline scheduling difficulties, and in order to return home in time for the Christmas holiday, Chairman Jeton Anjain, Foreign Secretary DeBrum, and the other members of the delegation of the Government of the Marshall Islands who attended the December 10 meetings, departed for Majuro immediately thereafter. The delegation may wish to submit additional comments on the Plans from Majuro. However, in order to meet the December 17, 1980 deadline for comments, announced by Mrs. VanCleve at the December 10 meeting, I forward these preliminary comments to you at this time.