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Assistant Secretary, Program Development and Budget
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Director of Territorial Affairs,(Sgd.) Fred M.
Subject:
Radiological Survey ofBikis
Bikini Island and Eaiu Island of
Bikini Atoll
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We are faced with a critical situation in the Bikini Resettlement
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Work on the Bikini Resettlement Project had beea halted“ peiporartly
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logical conditiona existing on Engebi Island in the Fnewatak Atoil.
For Engebi, che official U.S. decision was thac che island was
potentially too dangerous to permit residence there. Accordingly, the
Enewetak Resettlement Project exciudes Engebi as a habitation place.
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Bikini are still contaminated and in certain aspects parallels radio-
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as to what should be done with respect to
housing units and one commmity building
people of Bikini. Some 150 Bikinians are
move to Bikini Island in September. This
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A basic question aow arises
Bikini Island where some 40
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waiting on Kili planning to
would be the first official contingent of the approximacely 700 former
Bikinians who have indicated they wish to return to Bikini Atoll.
Additionally, there are some 70 Bikinians already residing on Bikini
Iaiand. These have drifted back on their own during the past two years.
Background
Bikini Atoll vas surveyed and analyzed by the Atomic Energy Commission
during the 1964-67 period. In 1968, Bikini and Eniu Isiands vere
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ment of Rouges to be located in the interior of the island rather than
along the Lagoon. You will recall that you chaired an Inter-Agency
meeting om this aspect on June 25, 1975. The praelininary report on
the June radiological survey now has been released and a maating was
held at Livermore Laboratory in Livermore, California, from August 1l13. This was attended by representatives of all agencies concerned to
discuss the scientific analyses and recomendations.