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Staff Judge Mvocate Department of the Air Foroe aontirning the Uae lnd CXx3upancy&rcamenta for Bikini and Itniwetok. With refcronoe to the five-year periodic reviews roquireclby these agreementri,our records indlcnte ti~~ t such a review was held in 1961 and that w concurred in the deberminstioi)that Che land was still”needed by the United Staks. we do uot have any indication in our f’ilesthat we were requested to oonaur in a similar delmrAt any rate, 1 have become incroaslnfilyuoncerned because oi mountof those islands for s- indication as to when they tight be pexn!itt8d to return to their home islands. Yrom the to tl!m, we havw rscelved rather infonml tndiostlals that the danger frwn radioactivity may no longer exist. We have al#o had indications that the people removed from those islands are not eatisfied with the amount of compensation they are rooeiving from the imxme from military uee and we foresee imne ad(litionalpresmre that the q~~estionof the amount of comperitiiition Ix? roopcned. For mm ycam relocated to the Xnland of Xill$ Zeel ihat Klli ha~ never been times of the year s.ndthe difficulty of the people iu obtainifw nntural foods and fish. For nll of thek;ercasontiit.woulu be most helpful to us if we could h~ve some indication of the plainsof the tkited States for future use of Bikini and Eniretok. We me partl~~:llarly interested In whether or not thero are any prospects for ear.~y retuxm of those islands In oraer tkt their people may be repatria~ed. BEST COPY AVAILABLE
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taki~ the liberty of sendi~ u copy of thiu letter to that offiue fiincewe foresee that 8 coordinated reply to @he above questions Chat you will be able to make y~~lrContelnpla ted trip to Saipan in the near futura, Mr. Shoecraft also adds that if you havc occasion WJU would gim to him his wJry kindest ~gards and toll him thet hc still zvmembers wfth a #mat dea 1 of pleas~~re the few days he spent with him at Vandenberg as his Euest ahd thnt he lIopeHtv-havo the to play your Mnutitul Koli!course acaiu. Navel Fnollities Enginecri~: Canmand