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PROGRAM FOR ENEWETAK ATOLL ItJVOLVES PLANTING SOME 41,000 COCONUT SEEDLINGS, PRIMARILY FOR COPRA PRODUCTION TO PROVIDE THE MAdOR CASH CROP FOR PEOPLE O F ENEWETAK. T O BE PLANTED ON THREE SOUTHERN RESIDENTIAL ISLANDS (ENEWETAK, MEDREN~ JAPTAN). REMAINDER (ABOUT 14,000) ARE PLANNED FOR SEVEN PAGE THREE RUEBDBA1483 UNCLAS 3. DEPARTbIENT OF ErJERGYC(DOE) HAS RECENTLY OBTAINED NEW DATA ON RADIONUCLIDE UPTAKE I N COCONUTS AND 1s REASSESSING ADVIS - ABILITY OF PLANTING ON NORTHEASTERN ISLANDS DURING CLEANUPIREHAB PEAIOD (SCHEDULED T o END IN APRIL 19801. DECISIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN NEXT FEW WEEKS. A . IF DEC IS IO ii IS FA V OH ABLE PU OI WILL BE ON TIGHT SCHEDULE REPLANT, COMPLETING EFFORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGREED CLEANUP/ B , IF DEC IS IO tJ IS NOT FAVORABLE, ALL CONCERNED WITH ENCLEANUP/REHAB WILL BE EVEN MORE PRESSED TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES, 4, ACCORDINGLY r REGUEST FIELD COMMAND (DNA) COMMENCE WORK ENEWETAKt DOE, JTG, AND SERVICE ELEMENTS ON ATOLL) TO DEVELOP PURPOSE OF EFFORT IS TO BE BETTER PREPARED F O R EX PAGE FOUR RUEBDBA1483 UNCLAS 5rn GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING EFFORT: OR UIJFAVOHABLE DOE DEc Is I of4IN OCTOBER. A. ITIS STILL ANTICIPATED THAT ENEWETAK CLEANUP/REHAB
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PLAI~TEU AND GRONING. (NOTE: I T Is RECOGNIZED THAT ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS WILL TAKE PL k CE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARSt BU NG ...O F PLANNED ORIGINAL QUANTITY ON SCHEDULE IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.) INDIVIDUALLY, THL‘S ALTERNATIVE PLANS SHOULD ENCOMPASS LOSS OF ONE ISLAND(LUJOR), SOME OF THE OR ALL SIX. lN TENS l VE USE OF HESIDENTIAL ISLANDS ; ENJEBI; UJELANG; ETC, CAN BE ADOPTED WHICH DOES rjOT HAVE COMPLETE AGREEMENT AND SUPPORT OF PEOPLE. ) F. NORK CLOSELY WITH DOE REPS I N ENSUPING ALL ALTERNATIVES ARE RADIO LOGICALLY FEASIBLE. 6 * I T SHOULD BE CLEARLY RECOGNIZED THAT ULTIMATE DECISIONS ON PLANTING PLANS ARE RESPONSIBILITY OF DOIi AS SPONSOR FOR REHAB POHT ~ O N OF PROGRAM. HOWEVER, ENTIRE ENEWETAK OPERATION -THEREFORE t BELIEVE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERCJATIVES WILL ASSIST G. ATTEMPT TO COMPLETE EFFORT I N OCTOBER.