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Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Assistant Manager for Operations Nevada operations Office Las Vegas, Nevada 89114 I have just been requested by Mr. Van Rensselaer of the Hono161u Operations Office of the Atomic Energy Commission to meet with you on Friday~ October 13 at 11:00 a.m. in my office on Coconut Island. I will be very pleased to do SOS and wish to confirm this appointment. Mr. Van Rensselaer thought it might be appropriate to inform you of proceedings in the United &atea Federal Court in Honolulu yesterday~ October 5. The case involved an injunction against the Air Force’s PACE operation on Eniwetok. Judge Samuel King had previously issued a restraining order to the Air Force and they were seeking to be allowed . to continue drilling and seismic wxk while involved in the preparation “ of an environmental impact statement and until a formal court case could be heard on February 13s 1973. Judge King denied this motion~ indicating he could not see that the Air Force had just cause to pro. ceed~ even with the seismic work. In the issuance of the restraining order, the whole question of whether the operations of the PALUMBO and other AEC monitoring activities were indeed part of the PACE project or not. Counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. Ted Mitchell, assured me that the AEC would be free to operate theb~ and that this restraining order did not include them or our EMBL operations. If any problems develop in this regard~ I would suggest you contact the assistant U. S. attorney in Honolulu, Mr. Mfhoj or the counsel for the Micronesia Legal Services, Mr. Ted Mitchell} who ie located in Saipan. 1$11 look forward to seeing you I can do in advance of this meeting, on the 13th. If there is anythin8 don’t hesitate to call on me at