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BIKINI CLEANPLANNING DIRECTIVE, Oc- li- 3-69,BIKINE
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Purpose: |To identify NVOO's responsibilities in conn
the Bikini Clean-Up Project, which has been approved for execution
and has commenced.
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Background. On August 12, 1968, President.Johnson announced
that certain islands in Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands,. Trust
Territory of the Pacific, were no longer required for the Nation's
nuclear test program or for defense, purposes and that they were
safe: for return to civilian uses.
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The President requested that the Chairman, AEC, and the
Secretary of Defense work with the Secretary of the Interior and
the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory in planning a comprehensive resettlement program for Bikini Atoll and assist them
in carrying it out.
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Pursuant to this request, the DOD and AEC haveentered into an
agreement for a cooperative program with the Department of
Interior for the clean-up of the Bikini Atoll,...The clean-up involves
the removal of vegetative overgrowth, debris, structures and
other materials residual from the use of the atoll for atomic
testing which could pose radiation or accident hazards tothe
population or interfere with theirreasonable use of the land.
The full text of this AEC-DOD Memorandum of Understanding
is included as Append.
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