However, I was also told that some of the people would want to be able to live on Kili, even if a return to Bikini is possible. None of those. with whom I spoke said that this was their wish however.. Apparently at least some of the former Bikinians have made an adjustment of sorts of Kili. I was also told, in connection with this, that even though some of the people wanted to live on Kili, everyone wants to go to Bikini first and see their home atoli. In order to evaluate this properly one would have to interview the people now on Kili. This would be premature az this stage when the return of Bikini to its former inhabitants is not certain. | On the basis of my past experience with the former Bikinians and my recent conversations and observations in the Marshalls, I believe that the majority of these people will want to return to Bikini. Those few who have established themselves on Majuro and Ebeye, with good jobs there, may very well want to live away from Bikinj at least during their working life. A few others may see the advantage of living on Kili as long as only a small number of people share the natural resources of that island with them. Bikini will undoubtedly still be the home base for all of these people however. An _ analagous situation canbe seen in the populations of the other Marshallese communities. | This prediction is of course based upon the assumption that Bikini will be rehabilitated agriculturally, so that the people can make a living there. ° : : 4928 nics|fe3 4O ~ 2 BLOOETMIIS