discharge this responsibility.
Ihe bepartmenct of the Interior will call upon
other agencies of the United States Government tu assise it, particularly the
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Department of Energy,
needs of
the current
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50 as tu assure that, among other thinss,
the medical
residents of Bikini Island continue to ve lac.
Because Kili Island has, until recent weeks, been regarded as
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solely a temporary relocation site for the people of Bikini, the Governments
have never undertaken to construct permanent facilities there, nor to improve
Significantly any of the existing Kili facilities.
It is now known chat
10.
Bikini Island will not be fit for human habitation for decades to come, and
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on the basis of the most recent scientific information,
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Island,
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the circumstances, the Governments understund that some of the Bikini people
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will choose to remain on Kili indefinitely, and the Governments will accord-
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ingly undertake a program for the permanent rehabilitation of Kili.
it appears that Eneu
in the Bikini Atoll, will also be unavailable for settlement,
In
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III.
It is not yet possible to develop a permanent relocation plan
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for the people of Bikini.
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radiological survey that is now underway, and that is expected to be con-
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pleted no later than the early weeks of 1979.
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are available and evaluated, and when any remaining sclentific tests found
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necessary are also completed, all of which developments are expected to
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occur in the first months of 1979, it will be possible to identify safe
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relocation sites.
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with the people of Kili (including the current residents of Bikini Island
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who will by then have relocated there), plan in detail for the relocation
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of such Kili residents as choose to move elsewhere, affording to them a
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choice among the possible relocation sites.
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Kili will be uccoumodated there.
That plan must await completion of the acrial/
When those survey results
The Governments will then, following full consultation
Those who choose to remain on