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(PAGL TWO)
EVACUATED FROM YOUR BELOVED HOMELAND, AND THE BURNING DESIRES AND
ANXIETIES WHICH HAVE RENDERED IT UNBEARABLE FOR YOU TO WAIT ANY
LONGER TO RETURN TO YOUR LONG MISSED HOMELAND.
GOVERNMENT,
IN ALL FAIRNESS,
HOWEVER, YOUR
MUST ADVISE YOU THAT IT CANNOT BLESS
NOR PARTICIPATE IN ANY DECISION MAKING FOR YOUR RETURN TO ENEWETAK
WITHOUT BEING ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE LINGERING
DANGER OF RESIDUAL RADIATION IN ENEWEDTAK.
THE RECENT’ GAO REPORT
ON THE APPARENT RADIATION DANGER IN ENEWETAK HAS GIVEN US MUCH
CONCERN AND GROUND FOR SERIOUS DOUBTS WHETHER YOUR RETURN TO ENEWETAK
UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES AT THIS TIME IS ALL THAT PRUDENT AND SAFE.
WE CANNOT BE SURE WHETHER THE CONCREGE ENTOMBMENT OF THE RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS AND MATTERS BURIED IN THE BOMB CRATER IN ONE OF THE
ISLANDS IN THE LAGOCN OF ENEWETAK IS PERMANENTLY SECURED AGAINST
ANY POSSIBLE LEAKAGE IN THE FUTURE.
AND IF SUCH POSSIBILITY DOES
EXIST, WE ARE NOT AWARE THAT THERE ARE PROPER AND ADEQUATE MEANS
OF PRECAUTIONARY MONITORING TO CHDCK AND WARN AGAINST FUTURE LEAKAGr.
WE HAVE ALSO NOTED THAT THEE 1A TATION LEVEL ON THE ISLAND OF ENIU
IN BIKINI ATOLL IS ANALOGOUS TO THT OF THE HABITABLE ISLANDS
IN ENEWETAK ATOLL.
IF SUCH JS ACCURATE,
TO UNDERSTAND WHY THESE ISJ,7"')°
IT IS,
DIFFICULT
TW EM OINTAK ARE CONSIDERED SAFE
WHILE ENIU ISLAND OF EQUAL tw: ATSON
SAFE FOR THE BIKINNIANS TO RESHITLE.
LEVEL HAS BEEN DECLARED UNTHERE ARE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS TO WHICH YOUR GOVFRNIENT MUST HAVE,
THE ANSWERS,
INDEED,
BUT DOES NOT HAVE
IN ORDER TO BE hEPTER POSITIONED TO ADVISE YOU OF
THESE PROBLEMS.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
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