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e C\I;+lR!M’JSTPJ,USS: I bnvn oxprosand myself on :llot I think this suuject is, strongly in tha past, and Item 2 is tho return of tho Rongolaposo tc their hornoislnnd, Whc,is floingto Gpoak to that point? Iill. FIELDS: Dr. Dunhnm is going to sponk to this of Biology and Wdicine has hnd under consideration for soma tire, tho nntter of When it would be bant to return the Ror,golopIslnndors to their homo island in tbo atO1l. Tho contamination thoro uos quito her+vyseveral situation where thero is a measurable dogrea of cOnt!IminatiOtI ~&ainst what is happen.inf;to tho pc+oph by keeping them at Llojuroon tho i:lancl. The trust terrltOry Poplo toll me thot if they nro l;optnt iinjuromuch longnr, they mng havo clotoriorrt(!din ono sonvo to a st.otouherwthoy might Yocord of what r,npponadto th@ Bikini wople and the bitter-
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home and nwer Tfill$ puts some urganay into maltinff 8 ,, .?.:+ years in terms clf the external radiation haaard to tba pWOpti”-, + and this eeems to beolrtarlyminhnrl at tha Proaent t-, -- ~’.~+~+~ 8uPPlement of uncontaminated rice to their diet, it ix oux f! feeling that these people mill not exoeed tbc maxiinua >-> ..:* permissible body burdens laid down by tha National Commltta@~ ~<j~~~~ on Radiation Prol:eotion for the population as a VhO&t,., ‘).,~:+j~~?~ that maybe these people don*t uant to be repatriated. ~ ago. They wanted very mush to. I have seem in-avidx&u . <-::i::-W..:::<.j CHAIRMAII!:TRAUSS: I would think with the Passaffo “’<j of time that feel:.ag: is likely to grow beaauae they era ~ “ to go hack. The question that the trunt territory worriau :,. nbout is if they h:)ld them muoh longer in tbi8 Stete ~re h:nd fodt as it we](t) -- it is quits a rugged life they lead I on those atolls, it is a question mhetber they Would be I
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nblo to Sustnin thair liven, CI,JIRhlANSTRAUSS: They nro attrnotivs peoplo. Thay oru cll[!nly. It is n ronlly nica group of folks. C(:lNISSICXIZR LIBBY: I hnvo lived with this with tho man who is providin~ for a number of months, nnd X thiolc I havo hnd mj’questions answnrcd long ninoo. I don’t know CWIRMAN STRAUSS: You should be ti~ judge Of that,, If they nro covorod in the paper, it IJ not nocossnry. thoro has boo] very oxtcnsiva consideration back and forth betwoon Commi!sicnor Libby and the staff. COiJISSIONER LIBBY: I might tnko a couple of raiorusoconcls on Us. To havo hod to Dalnnco tho ecology as far as fitrc)ntium9) is concornad. ?:ohad, for oxnmplo, soil analysis which showod tho soil to bo lowor in Sunshine found the troullo. Tho soil hod boon nnslyzod incorrectly tho soil is not?in; but limostocm. TM method of nnalysis which ‘JOfirst ~ hoso wns to dissolvo thu ontlro limastom. This of ccurso r :Ido too low 8 cmnoontrntion of strontium
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‘t7<Iehould take urine mnalysia every SIX months or a year .,7,.,:,. bo sure me aro right, and 1 think ~e ought to make aQ9 “-~.:“’.:~;j~~ Eoving a continuous long time stuflyof that atolll frofa ., ,K.w<hg,,., >.. COMMISSIONER LIBBY: It is a rare opportuaityt, ;’ ‘+ - you see, Becauso it bears on renotor hazards and it beaks -.-.w ‘-.%,. ., .:‘./ on FCDA and it boarz on a host of very important things.
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‘1’o will not I PL,LI o pinto of ronl oatoto llko this IIS honvlly contmnin!tod wo hops for our wholo lIVOS, So it 1s CHAIRMJN STRAUSS: It is a good laboratory. lCHAIRNf,tiSTRAUSS: I thinlc it is firm thot this wr18 sugeastod to me by a mpmber of tho staff. You and X ma tho only two G~ngdlnposo here ot the momant. DR. DUNNAN: I think Dr. Dunning is, too. CHAIIWW STRAUSS: Thnt makes tkrce of ua. I have alrondy nnswerod this question for myself, so I shall not toll you what tho nnswor Is, not to leod the witness. Uould you bo proparod to go boolc, both of you? DR; L)UKNING: I will ansvor that question by Gayin~ I hnvo mods thot stStQmOnt boforo. I would. C1lAIRIJt\N31’I1,”IUS~: It is unnnimouply oorriod. Information, pro~o~nl for trtmsmission to tho United i.in~dom
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No, sir, we do not intirpratg “ ‘ have a oomplete disclosure so that no an fleet of’ iritded~ ?“”?:++ii: vill. later be chaXg{l(It that in reapaot to tbe r6tUrtI of’”tlie.“.-’!,;+.+ minutes of the AEC-kLC parer.