Draft TEMcCraw:rw Pee eee February 13, 1968 Those listed below (Addressees to be decided) John R. Totter, Director Division of Biology and Medicine DELIBERATIONS ON RESETTLEMENT OF BIKINI ATOLL x ee OS :NEES : TEM Those who attended will recall the meeting convened on January 24, 1967, to consider the available information on radiation levels on: Bikini Atoll. Information that would be required to make a decision on whether or not it would be safe to return the Bikini natives totheir home atoll was reviewed. data were not complete. At that meeting, we determined that available Plans were outlined for a resurvey of the Atoll. A primary part of this resurvey woula be a comprehensive external radiation survey. A team headed by Dr. Edward Held spent a total of 16 working days on the Atoll in April-May 1967. The reports from this group are now available. We believe that data aré now available for further consideration of the primary resettlement question; The next step is to convene a meet- ing of the principles y Blong with several others who are experts on dosimetry, to discuss the resurvey effort and to review the information in Tang OREBO Byer et (1) the HASL report on external radiation levels ,» (2) the reparts on soils and other collected samples analyzed for radionuclides, (3) the report of the agricultural expert of the Trust Territory, and (4) the