DRAFT
1983
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CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
RELOCATION
Congress creates the Bikini Atoll Rehabilitation Committee (BARC) to
investigate and report to Congress on the feasibility and cost of rehabilitating Bikini
Atoll. The BARC is funded by the DOI.‘
The Marshall Islands Legislature passes a resolution supporting a relocation
request to the U.S. Congress by the Rongelapese.*"®
Jan 83
ADMINISTRATION
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
MEDICAL
Committee Print No. 3 prepared by the staff of the U.S. House of
Representatives Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks recommendsthat
the committee reiterate to the administration the congressional intent in P.L. 96-205
that the U.S. provide health care for the Marshallese adversely affected by the U.S.
nuclear tests in the Pacific.‘”’
At the suggestion of the DOEassistant general counsel for generallitigation,
the deputy assistant secretary for defense programs creates an informallitigation
support working group to coordinatelitigation support activities. This group’s work
will include support on cases filed by Marshall islands inhabitants for claims arising
from the atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific.‘
11 Jan 83
ADMINISTRATION
Assistant Secretary for DP Herman E. Roser concurs in the transferring of the
EP Marshall Islands and Dose Assessment Programs to DP with the understanding
that the FY 1984 funding levels of $4.15 million and $1.4 million also Bo to DP
because the FY 1984 DP budget contains no money for these programs."
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Replying to Tommy McCraw’s critique of the 8-9 December 1982 DOE
meeting with Marshallese at Majuro, Roger Ray denies that representatives of the
DOEand contractors made or advocated any change in DOEpolicy or that he made
statements incompatible with past policy. Ray explains
As to the alleged confusion on the part of our Marshallese hosts |
would say that if there were not some confusion it would suggest that
we were not communicating effectively. | have never yet attended a
public meeting on radiation matters where the complexity of the
subject did not evoke some degree of confusion and concern.
Ray quotes from the meeting transcript to highlight the impressions of two
Marshallese representatives. A memberof the parliamenttells Ray "that we can now
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ask things that we want to know and feel comfortable, we want to build on this
telations ip of sharing information with each other." At the end of the meetings the
RMI chiet
secretary,
representing the RMI
resident, expresses “our extreme
gratitude...for the teams coming....for this kind of setting we are able to sit down face
to face...discuss these matters, raise questions and get answers orat least have them
raised so the answers can be forthcoming eventually."
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