DEFENSE ATOMIC SUPPORT AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20305
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ADDRESS prsTo
~y JUL 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR:
SUBJECT:
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
CHAIRMAN , ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
Second Status Report, Cleanup of Bikini Atoll
1, Reference is made to Director, DASA memorandum of 2 May 1969 to
Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Interior and Chairman, AEC, subject:
"Status Report, Cleanup of Bikini Atoll," which was the initial status
report on the joint DOD-AEC cleanup of Bikini Atoll, covering the
situation through end-April,
This report covers the status as of
30 June,
2,
;
As of 30 June the island work force has increased to 74 men,
including 11 Bikini natives who arrived in early June,
continuing
Funds for
the Bikini project into FY 1970 have been provided under
the Joint Congressional Continuing Resolution.
Fund estimates above
the $600,000 provided by DOD and AEC in FY 1969 continue to be
$700 ,000,
3,
Cleanup work continues to progress satisfactorily, and is
estimated to be approximately 50% completed,
A significant part
of the task consists of control measures for the heavy vegetation
which has overgrown prospective agricultural areas,
Bulldozers are
crushing parallel swaths, normal to the direction of the tradewinds,
throughout the overgrown areas, to permit coconut and crop planting
while providing protection against wind and storm erosion of the
topsoil,
(The agricultural plantings are not part of the cleanup
task and will be done under supervision of the Department of Interior
and the Trust Territory Government,) Originally planned only for
the islands of Bikini and Enyu, extension to certain smaller islands
is being considered,
Work on the windrows on Bikini Island has been
completed,
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