TRUST TERRITORY
PRELIMINARY AND ROUGH ESTIMATES
REGARDING RETURN TO BIKINI
February 1968
Suggested Phasing, Time Table, and Costs:
A.
Giving the "go-ahead"; consult with people. Take representatives
to Bikini. Develop plans. Get outside help regarding village
planning.
Time:
Cost:
B.
Cost:
Cost:
5 years
$165,000.00
1 year
$410,000.00
Move from Kili.
Physical exams in Majuro.
U.S.D.A. surplus feeding program for 1 year.
Time:
Cost:
E.
90 days
$5,000.00
Construction program.
"Contract", Leb Island village construction
criteria. Wood frame school.
Time:
D.
,
Advance party, bushing, planting, and later grove maintenance
program.
Eneu as base.
Relieve advance party after six months.
Replanting time:
1 year. Grove maintenance for 4 years.
Construction of interim camp site.
Time:
C.
:
Relocation allowance.
14 months
$45,000.00
Total time span until resettled and off government subsidy:
Total cost of resettlement program:
$625,000.
7 years.*
Some thought should be given to an economic loan program Por the Bikinians
to help them achieve self-sufficiency.
included here.
The cost of such a program is not
Their proven ability as producers (e.g., the famous
Kili handbags) of much desired handicraft should establish them as "good
loan risks."
* 1 year planting.
6 more years for palms to grow until bearing nuts.
People move to Bikini at sixth year after replanting.
government subsidy for one year.
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Will be on
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Attachment 7