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to film a story on the cleanup and resettl.emenk operation. In July the associate producer for the ilorley Safier team .visited DNA, met with the Director, and review&-d pertinent records. Based upon V.W:: t’lonroe’ssu~gesticn she also met tion; Roger Ray, Assistant iianager for Environmental Safety, Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office; Earl Gil!Care~ scheduled Dose Assessment Conference that was being arranged by l’ed Xitchell. When the date of the conference was changed to Sc+ptember, CBS requested their visit also be changed. When the conference site was changed fron Enewetak to Ujelang in late Augustf this office arranged billets on the ship ~ going to Ujelang for C2S and so infor~led iriterested parties at HQ DNA, FCDNA, Holmes and I?arver, and DoI. Messages were sent to ail interested parties informing them of the details of the CBS visit ancl areas of interest. 2. (M 10 September, CBS 60 l.linutesrequested a change to their scheduled visit tG Enewetak from 15 Sep to Is SeP After coordinating wj.th the Enewetak Commander, Joint Task Group (CJTG); the Military Airlift Command; and Commnfierj 13 Sep. On 13 Sep it was learned that only Korley Safer would return to Honolulu and the producer and crew wished covering the Dose Assessment Conference. This information On Saturdayr 15 Sep, CBS requested to co~~er the Conference and arranqe,ments were made at Enewetak to obtain space on the ship and for tl)em. to return to Honolulu on 21 Sep.
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Subject: CBS 60 Minutes Visit to Enewetak I The CJ’TG briefing at Enewetak in~luding questions by Morley Safer B. Visit to the Cactus Crat”er cn Runit by llorley Safer. I Questions and answers on radiation protection measures includ- , ing hot-line procedures were filmed. He asked CJTG and ,an authoritative and convincing manner and Safer advised later that he Y:as ~ati~fied t:ith the answers and recognized the. allegatiol~ as grourldless. c. Morley Safer interviewed Roger Ray for an hour discuss- ;. ing many of the aspects of Department of Energy (DoE) involvement. Safer zszced in on the radiological ccntanination !.” remaining on Enjebi and the other l~orthern Islands. i E. The crew visited the Lojwa base camp and filmed / tile bazracks and offices. i The crew traveled by helicopter from Enjebi to Jap.tan shooting film of the atoll. G. The crew visited Japtan and filmed the Enewetak ancl ducked all the questions. H. Morley Safer returned to RL!nik to film the conclusion of the segment frolm t!le Cactus do,m,e. He said on camera that 30 years .qo we detonated many nuclear weapons here and though sone might no~~ object it is a ~~l~torJca~ fact. A massive effozt successfully removed hundreds of tons of debris and soil so the natives can return hon,c next year.
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Subject: CBS 60 Minutes Visit to Enewetak I (1) Navy preparation and undert~ater detonation of debris in the lagoon. - . (3) Tree nursery operation on Enewetak and a staged I walking inspection by Chief Johannes Peter and.eOscar DeBrum. (4) DoE 11.lPoperation and radiological support 1 Construction of new houses on Enewetak. - I Tuesday afternoon, 18 Sep, to the end of the \ crew covered the Dose Assessment Conference: I The arrival of the representatives from DoE, ! Department of Interior (DoI) , Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (TTPI), and scientific advisors at Enewetak and i their departure on the lfiSIIICF.OPILOT. I (3) !i’he arrival ceremony in the church at Ujelang and the banquet in the meeting hall. - . (4) The DoE presentation to the People of Enewetak and the questions and ans~~~ersfollowing the briefing. Included in this exchange was a com:nent by Dr. Wil.liF.mJ. Bair that less than one additional cancer would result from radiation presej”~tlyat Eiijebi if the People returned there. (5) The presentation of the People of Enewetak’s resolution at the end of the conferei]ce to DoI that they decided they WdIlt to retu~n to Enjebi. K. The CBS producer requested a meeting with the Pacific Ocean Division Sngineer in Honolulu to discuss the tcchnicel data of the Cactus Crater. This meeting took place ori Saturdayr “22 Sep, at Ft Shafter and lasted only 15 minutes. No film was taken at the meeting. ton in the next few weeks to film an interview with VZdlM
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:::~:l-jfxt: CBS 60 Minutes Visit to Enewetak generally favorable and present a complete overview
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