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STATEMENT OF HIGH COMMISSTONEF ADRTAN P. WINKEL BEFORE THE
INTPRIOR AND BELATLE AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE, COMMITTEL
APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CONCERNING
RESETTLEMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF “oR
TUNE 174, 1976
ON
our statement and
Mr.
Chairman,
Members of
In accordance with
Meeting,
I
the Committee
the decisions made
discussed with
forthcoming move
the
from that
relocation sites.
people of
island
and
at
your
Bikini
their
May
Island
preference
22nd
their
as
to
These meetings were held over a period of 24
hours, on Thursday and Friday, June 1 and 2, with virtually
all of
the
people of
the
Island--men,
women,
and children--
in attendance at the first meeting, and 35 to 40 people
adult male population}
Subsequently,
the people of
people
Kili
at
the
succeeding
on Monday,
Island
June
5,
(the
two meetings.
a meeting was
for the same purposes,
held with
with about 100
in attendance,
In the opening remarks at Bikini I explained to the people
that I was there to inform them it was necessary that they move
from Bikini
enough
Island,
that Eneu
Island also was not considered safe
to allow their living on
it at
this time,
and that four
outlined
1)
the
second meeting on Friday,
the preferences of
June 2,
the people as
various
spokesmen
follows:
Stay on Bikini Island until further information is
available about Eneu food and its levels of radio~
activity.
The people reasoned that they would have to
SSee ee
At
ee nage
relocation sites were suggested for their consideration and decision.
sue
revord.