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Dear Mr. Cifrino:
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This fs in response to your request made during the meeting of July 16
re long-range plans and costs in the Pacific.
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I must, of course, refer you to Mrs. Clusen'’s letter of June 21, 1979,
to Mr. Richard Stone, so that the cost estimates discussed in that
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The primary question asked of us was the anticipated cost to the U.S.
should the peoples of other atolls be included fn the medical program
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or in the monitoring program. After looking at this in several ways,
it appears that the easiest way to estimate this is to compare the
additional load with the current base program.
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If the peoples of additional atolls are to be included in the medical
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and Utirik people, it is estimated that operational expenses (including
ship support) would approximate $750,000 for every 200 persons added to |
the program. Population estimates for the most frequently mentioned
atolls, and the approximate associated annual cost estimates, based upon | _:
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