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SUBUCT: Responsibilitiua for Carv and Disposition of Native Inhabicents
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° of Rongelap and Utirik .tolls
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a. CINCP.S has ovorall responsibility undor tho Dcopartment of
Defonse for tho completion of tho project for the rcstoration of atolls,
with .2C assistance, sand for tho return of inhsbitants. CINCP..C dclegatcd
to CINICP..CFLI ita responsibility in this conncetion. CINCP..CFLIT instructcd
COMN..VST.UCLS to coordinate and-act as its local ruproscntative in the dis~
chargo of CINCP..CFLT responsibilitics in connection with the displeccd na-
tives.
COAN.VST.KWJ designatcd LCDR Robert W. Wolls tho Project Offic_r
to represont CINCP..cFLT intcrests.
B. The routine welfare and caro of all Marshall Island nstivcs
aro contimuing rosponsibilitics of the High Commissioner, Trast Torritcry
of tke Pacific IsFands, es secnt for Dupartmnt of the Intcrior.
ce. Tho Division of Blology and Modicine, .EC, will contimie to
monitor tho phystcat condition of tho native inh-bit-ants of Rongel-p and
Utirds .tolls who were axposad to radioactive contamination -s a rcsult
of tho first shot of the C.STLE sories. Partics of modicsl and rwdsafo
porsonnol undcr tho dircection of Division of Bislogy and Kedicim, iC,
will visit tho natives ind tho itolls concerned periodisally in ordcr to
observe tha godical progress of the natives and to cscortsin the osarli.st
possiblo time for tho roturn of the Rongelap nstives to thoir homs. Theo
first visit of thts -.2C-sponsored group is planned for ..ugust or S ptcmbor
of this year.
party.
Ruprosumtatives of this headquertors will accompany tho =C
d. JTF SEVEN naturally has o contiming intorest in this aattcr.
JT? SEVEN hea furnished funds to pay cortain modical oxpenses for tho natives
whilo at Kwijalein, for the procuremont of livestock to replace that lost
as a result of tho contamination, for tho construction of a temporary village et Majure .toll, for the purchaso of food and clothing supnlics, ond
for other purposes. JTF SEVEN will contimic to provide funds for thc pro-
vision of food fd8*@le Rongulap natives while thoy aro :t Hejure and «ill
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pay for intttal food stocks when thcy are returned to their homes. CTS
72 will represent CJTP SEVEN at Eniwotok in conncetion with tho disposition of Utirik afd Rongvlap natives, in tho ovent any problem arises woicn
cari amd must bo hendlod st tho Pacific Proving Grounds.
5.
Santa Fe Operations Office has no routine rcaponsibiliti.s f:r
the ecntimuod caro and disposition of thec n-tives.
The urectisn of thc
tomporary vill=go at Majuro under the supervision of br. dardison ws p-r-