Enclosure No, 2

Status report on reoccupation of Bikini Atoll by native populations.
(Summarized from June 21, 1971 msg from District Administrator,

Trust Territories)
(1)

40 dwellings are under construction in Bikini Island, using aggregate
from Peter-Oboe, sand from Bikini Island, other materials from old
buildings on Bikini Island.

(2)

62 Marshallese are now living on Bikini atoll, 24 on Bikini Island and

(3)

Fifty Thousand coconuts, 200 pandanus and some breadfruit have been
planted, and plans call for many more of all of these plus other edible
plants. Arrowroot from pre-test period is present in good quantity and
will be part of the food supply when the people return.

(4)

Drinking water is used on Bikini from the reof tops and from concrete

38 on Eneu.

cisterns built by H&N at close of cleanup program.

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