17 a“ (PASETHREE) AWARE OF ITS PROBLEM OF NOT HAVING BEEN FULLY INFORMED ON ALL THE ASPECTS OF*RADIATION DANGER IN ENEWETAK, BUT WE SHALL ENDEAVOR TO SEEK FURTHER AND BROADER KNOWLEDGE SO WE MAY BE HELPFUL TO YOU. DESPITE THESE UNCERTAINTIES, WE HAVE NO RESERVATION IN INFORMING YOU THAT ENEWETMK ATOLL AND THE ISLANDS DESIGNATED FOR YOUR RESETTLEMENT ARE NOT, AND WILL NOT FOR A LONG TIME, BE ONE HUNDRED PER CENT SAFE FOR YOUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF YOUR GENERATIONS TO COME. THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE DOSE ASSESSMENT MEETINGS WHERE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION RISK AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, “THE CONTROLLED AND DISCIPLINED CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO DRASTICALLY ADJUST YOUR LIVING STYLES. THD OLD, FREE AND BEAUTIFUL ENEWETAK THAT YOUR ELDERS KNEW AND LOVED HAS FAR GONE. IT JIS NOW A HOMELAND , SCARRED BY WAP, DEFACED BY NUCLEAR OBLITERATION, AND IN THE CASE OF RUNIT, FOREVER CONDEMNED. FORTUNATELY, SOME OF ITS FAMILIAR SCENMRY AND CHARMS HAVE SURVIVED ALL THESE NIGHTMARES. A REHARIJ.['TATION PROGRAM BY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY TO REMOVE HAZARDOUS DI'SRIC Ol YESTERDAY HAS PROGRESSED WELL AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY WeXT YEAR. MODERN EDIFICES AND HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THE RESET‘) ‘ENy S]¥ES. ENEWETAK TODAY IS A DIFFERENT HOMELAND, WHICH IN F*"T FROUTREFS YOU TO CONFORM TO THE DICTATES OF YOUR NEW ENVIRONI‘"] * AND CNANGE YOUR LIVING HABITS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. BUT TO TI'OSF OF YOU WHO LOVE NATURE AND THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIVING, YOU WILL FIND THAT MUCH HAS BLEN LOST, AND MORE CRITICALLY, MUCH OF YOUR FREEDOM WILL BE CURTAILID BECAUSE MUCH OF YOUR DOMAIN HAS BECOME UNSUITABLE FOR THE FULL ENJOYMENT OF ISLAND LIVING THAT YOU USFD TO KNOW. - 4 ree yes oe : te epwreng aon pe cm -