‘a i co tgs : i: : STEAREE PESORE AS nrc UNTPED NATIONS Distr. GELERAL P ry ha Gr te [- ia @ fo { WoO EL v/PuT.10/40 COUNCEL 29 February 1963 +. ys ORIGINAL: ENGLISH _ ono eres ; m~, PELEVION FCM MR. TODD TRUKINS COMIEARING S18 WRUST TeiRIVORY OF THE PACLFIC TSLANDS (Circulated in accordance with rule 85, paragraph 1, of the rules of procedure of the Trusteeship Council.) Killi Island Marshall Islands Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 15 Feoruary 1968 resicens Trusteeship Council United Nations New York, N.Y. Dear President and Members of the Trusteeship Council; My wife and I are living on Killi Island in the Marshall District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. We have deen here since September 1967; we teach English to the students here as menbers of the Peace Corps. fhe history of the Killi people is availadie in the work by Leonard Mason ‘entitled The Bikinians, a Transplanted Povulation. for a brief synopsis. When the United States wanted a Pacific atoll for atomic testing, they chose Bikini. relocate. I ask your indulgence, however, The people living there were ‘asked' to temporarily After a long search, the island of Killi was selected and the people moved; there had been 2 previous moves to Ronrik and Kwajeicin Atolls. ‘been their temporary heme for 20 years! give many convincing arguments. This has now They don't want to stay on Killi, and they — We feel their arguments are worth being listened to, and we want “you to be aware of their unnecessary hardships. These people have been transferred from a typical Marshallese atoll to a single island.What does this mean? Jt means there is no jagoon. This is the crux of the Killi problem. . A legeon is the etaf? of life to the Marehallese; it provides theirs 6804689 "