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United States Department of the Interior Ron, Adrian P. Winkel Trust Territory of f&e Saipan, Xariana Ts lands Thank yon for the prelim har y report on the 45L?ini Feeding Pragzm' sent with your letter of October 24, 1977, I sfiall l o o k forward to the mre detailed smmtary of the results of your neeting in &juro with the Bikini C o m c i l on October 14, The recornendations in the preliminary report appear to h e wall thought out and if r qu la rh ple ment ation can be achieved in view of the logistic difficulties, t h e pro-posals should t a k e care of the feeding problem fazed by the ?resent residents on Cik in i Island. Tbere is one notation, though, in section two of ths "Preliminary lieport" which is not q x i t e clear. is the handwritten notation on yopulation bre-&dotm on page two On Bikini on Kili Total No. of people 13.2 4 0 152 No, of family units 24 8 32 The first part of the Rewrt indicates that the current onisland Bikini population will n o t increase (except for new births and additional government personnel on tap or ary duty specifically authorized by t h e District Administrator and/or t5e High Conmissionex). i4y question, then, relates to the 4 0 people listed as hing on Rili.Will these be allowed to join
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their family grou9s presently on Kili ? It isour understm-dFng, ??on the neekings here with Reye sent at ive Ataji Balos and ths Xili representatives, t h a t a group of relatives of approxinately this size has been trying t o join their rd a - tiVeS. In.-ahort,w ill the program be dealing with the present group o f 112 now on Bikini Island or a new total of 1523 1 ax also sending a copy of tfie proposed feeding program to Dr. Conard for his coment indicating, of courser that it is still in apr elin in aq stage, For the past two years, he has been very much concerned on t h e lack of vitamins in the children’s diet oil Bikini Island an6 regularly he has reconne-n,d@dvitamin supplements for the small Children. This, unfortunately never sceqs to have occt\rred, The proposed feeding progran and sugqssted menus appear to us to renedy the situation, hut it n i g h t be well to have the problem of the very yonng children considered in view OE past deficicncios. Office DE Territorial Affairs