UNCLASSIFIED ROU TINE ROU TINE W.K, STREENAN R. RAY/R, MARCHAND WAS COMPLETELY SATISFIED, THOUGH HE PRESSED PRETTY HARD ON A DATE FOR REPOPULATION AND FOR AN AGREEMENT THAT IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT TO REINHABIT JAPTAN IN ADVANCE OF THE ALL CLEAR, WE OF COURSE MADE NO COMMITMENTS ALTHOUGH I DID VENTURE A PERSONAL OPINION THAT FROM A RADIOLOGICAL STANDPOINT, ONCE THE FOOD CHAIN QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED IT WOULD SEEM FEASIBLE TO BRING SOME PEOPLE TOJAPTAN, I DID, HOWEVER, OB- SERVE THAT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER PARTIAL REPOPULATION CONCURRENT WITH CLEANUP WOULD BE MANAGEABLE AND DESIRABLE IS PROPERLY A HICOM QUESTION, UNFORTUN- ATELY SMITH GIDEON AND EBREM MISSED THE BOAT THAT MORNING FROM EBEYE, HOWEVER, KNOWING THAT WE. WOULD MEET LATER AT UJELANG, WE PROCEEDED WITHOUT THEM, THE MAGISTRATE HAD HIS FAMILY WITH HIM AND ALL WERE ABOARD THE TRUST TERRITORY VESSEL PALAU ISLANDER DOCKED AT EBEYE, 1 VISITED THEM FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WE ALL VISITED THEM SUNDAY AFTER CANCELLING THE UJELANG TRIP, 3 EPB-813 Kel)