REPosiTORY | boreosTew COLLECTION R4.324 “Tominy MGaw Fob # BOK No. e —_ = m™ ~~] : FOLDER —_Orsearretion _ Huzh Leentouts ~~ Office of the Cenerel Nanazer . ITEMS FOR CSRERAL MANAGER'S FORMATION MEETING . Oe ; Staff.of ADC and DeZense Nuclear Azency, IMA, met with Ambassador '- Franklin willisc=os, the President's personel resresentative for . Microsesisn Status Uezctiations, ca March 16, i972, to discuss the rehabliftation of mivetox Atoll. Accsasader willians is nov utuldye ing the position to be taken ca Enivetcok et the next session of negotiations sckeculed for April 2, i972. The militery requirement for the Atoil will te ended this sumer with campietion of the FACS experizents, a series of hich expicsive tests on islands near tormer nutlear test sites. The discussions revolved arcund the ecirrent condition cf islands ia the Atoll, whet is mow end not kxoen about cnethe cannes som 1326 possitie radiolovical prodlerzs, the me-mitude acd cost of clesaup or the Atoll, the sequence of events required to rehabilitate the atoll, aad the current ettitide acd likely reaction of the rrivetck people. The sorreach be(ns corridere? is to ennounce in Avril that UDoiwetcs is to he reieised aad returned to the former residects without sevtiag @ time for their return. ALtassador wliliens emi the other ottemees recesnised that as with Bixlai Atoll, there must ce a c.eanup oF ine fale:sis of ratwetck incitsins rescovai of coutaminated scrap am ree plenting cf coconut trees. The cost is exiectm to exceed the cost for cleanuc of Bikini Atoll wherein 250 and bop each provided y;,W@,CcO anc [OT 57C0,COO. Asbacsador Williams stated he wlii besin to ine vestigate tae rrodiea of fladin:; tae necessary Kunis end would 590 a3 high 23 seeded to vet curport. Aiso, he contenp.ates ea mecting vith the ccivetck -ecop:e at Ujeiany Ato.i im the near future to discucs with thea actions bein: taken to retion their atol:i and to contain their assistaace auc cooverction. Beesuse cr the pressures beics applied by the onivetca beupie, Acoassacor «iliiams ho:es that the meceszary steps to perform the reciojesiesl eurvey and cieanup of the atoli can be concresgsed in tine comyered to Bikist where rive “yeers have passed Lefore the {siants were ready for rcturn of the people. Sotn ASC and COD can exieect a request to j;articipate in the survey acd ciesnup activity. IGA would serve as iead agency for the cleanup operation. ORIGINAL SIGNED BY "BEST. COPYAVAILABLE —- GEORGE E. KLE - _ mee moe Ft He Kh R