going fo sy any unk you for com- 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.