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ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE LAS VEGAS, NEVAOA 89114 Ior Environment & Safety BEST COW AVAILABLE I understand from ~~alter Weyzen Lhat you have agreed to at least consider making the trip to the Marshalls to discuss the medical program early- next ;21oI1L1I. This lette~- is to encourage you to do First of all, when you transit I-Ion oILllu please call upon onr office there for whatever assistance you Imay require. We shall be pleasecl to help with hotel accommodations, local transpo~Lation, on-going reservations and the like, I hope also that this may present an llca~~ for Research at the University of Iiawaii and who has agreed to serve temporarily as Director 01 our lab at Enewctak. For the trip to Kwa,jalein, I have no special suggestions. It is a mili Lary base with all support services and creature comforts. For the trip LO Utirik and Rongelap, however, wc may expect. to be aboarcl a Trust Territory slllp, and to g-o ashore by small boat. Thus, J. suggest a couple of pairs of shorts al~d open neck or tee shirts. For the meetings at both places, custom woulcl suggest slacks and a shirt with a collar (an open neck “luau” shj rt is fine). For the entire voya~e tenn]s shoes are both appropriate and practical. A cap ~vith visor, and sunglasses are aclvis,able. Finally, it some Limes gets
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cool at night on the ships so I have found a light tennis jacket helpful, All of the things I have suggested may be purchased at Kwajalein, if necessary. “No passport or visa is required for U. S. citizens entering the Trust Territory. Simple identification will. suffice, The visit to K\vajalein and frights aboarcl military aircraft rec~uirc oflicial travel orclers ancl I have instructed our Honolulu Office to prepare those. The trip to the Marshalls as we no~v have it planned will afford you an excellent opportunity to see first hand the goocl and the bad aspects of liIe as it is in the outer islands ancl to get an idea of ho~v we and OLl~ programs are perceived. YOLI will. also meet and travel lvith the key people in the Trust Territory administration upon whom we depend for advice, assistance ancl support and who clepencl upon us in some very essential ways . Your participation in this trip will be seen as clear cviclcnce that we take ~most seriously our responsibiliI urge you LO Imake that special. effort.