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BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY Nar shall Island District TiZUST TERRITORY PACIFIC ISLANDS Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960 As a result of our trip to Bikini last April I have several suggestions of which Murph Ownby may have relayed to you. First of all I was concerned that the people living on Bikini wcre short on vitamins and some other nutriments due largely to the absence of fresh fruits and vegetables.I recommend that the Health Aide routin ely distribute multivitamins tablets to the poFulation there. This is particularly important for- the children. Would it be possible for your ship to bring coconuts, pandanus and breadfruit from o th cr atolls t o supplement the Bikini diet ? Second you will remember thc Ad lIoc Committcc rccoriuncrided :i calcium supplement to the diet of thc Bikinians. This i s pscsumcd t o rctlucc thc absorption of radioactive strontium. W c hove lookcd into tli i : ; and believe that powdered milk i s the least cxpcnsivc and rnost fc*c::; i.l) ? t \ Uiltinians with powdcrcd milk so thot they con lcorri t o liltc i ! :!I)(: iisc lent source of protein. I noted that each family unit was rcsponsiblc for p,nthcrin;; 1:ii)ori ou sly by hand clean coral for their yards. I 6ug;;cst that :;(>ii)I-' rnctcila:iThis would ollow for additional t!!iclcncss of coral around thc liouscs which would further rcducc gam rndintion. I was worried about the water situation on Bikini,it was true that when w e were tlicrc ituns near the end of the dry soason, but there was hardly enough water (we were told) for thc people even using all of the cistern8 of the tmIO I 5 5 1 1 1 INFORMATION OPERATOR (516) 345-2123
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Jeremiah,the Health Aide was short on some drugs and w e were able to leave him a supply. One problem was that many of the cisterns leaked. I hope things are going well with the latest Bikini survey and that progress can be made in getting the people back. With best regards. Dept of Interior