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OFFICE OF TERRITORIES “/’ House of Representatives letter of July 10, 1969 , enclo~ir.:a copy of a letter which ym i~, about the cleanup of ~tkini ctoll now boiug conducted by tha Defense Atomic Support Agency. Dr. Held, of course, has been on Bikini more racently than any of us and we ,are,thereforz, in no p5sition ef.thertO confim or to refute his comments with respect to the operation nov underway. DASA is the agency of the United States Government wlxkh is charged wfth the cleanup responf3ibflity. As far as we are zwarf?,no major break-down or delay haa occurred and the clcawp process ie goin~ according to schedula. h% up, but, with th~ fiscal year funding problem that developed, it was decided several months ago that a slight stretch-out is required. We ! curren~ly expect the claanup to he completed in latoSeptenJcr or early ‘fl Fiald, rather than Kwnjalwin. It ia my underetnnding that thcra wae “’ never any intent to oupport the DAzA project from Kwajslein nlthough the \:;; resources of Kwajalein could be sough: in the event of emergencies. ;., High Commissioner Johnston is planntig to visit Bikini fn mid-August and {;,:I I am taking the liberty of sending him a copy of your letter and that of tl’i Mr. Williams. 1 believe ha shoLM be aware of the comments made by Dr. ~~; Wld and Mr. Williams in order that ha mfght personally look into the j~? situation, The Elgh Commissioner has had a.representati.veon the atoll !; during the cleanup phnGe and ha will probably also tish to havo a report from him before he visits Bikini’, ~ Dr. Meld also expressed some concern with reep~ctto the support which 1 E“ the Trust Territory might expect from Wajalefn during the resettkmmt stantial support from Kwajslein other than the essentially emergency support ?<;, which that act%vity normally provides us. A possible exception might be f:,,
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