The Community Development Project on Kili was terminated
some time after the typhoon.

It was not continued by the

comunity as far as I know.
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Attempts by the Administration to obtain another location

for the displaced Bikinians have been abortive.
The economic difficulties of the former Bikini people

were alleviated when they were paid the sum of $325,000 by

_the Government in exchange for the use of Bikini Atoll. Tne
interest from the trust fund, into which $300,000 was placed
is a quaranteed income which helps the local economy.

This

Will become less significant as the population increases, 5s

it has since the fund was established in 1956.
Present Attitudes Toward Kili
The attitudes of Magistrate Juda, the leader of the Kil:
community, and of other leading peopleof the community witn

whom I talked on Majuro, Kwajalein and Ebeye in connection
with the Bikini Atoll Survey, seemed to be unchanged.
They still say that Kili is no good, it is like a prison,

there 1s not enough food there, and the like.

The same objec-

tions which were made Over a decade ago are still made.

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of the people whom I interviewed stated that they wanted to

return to Bikini tolive.

They were all very anxious about

the survey and what the results would be in terms of their

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