STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE COVERNMENT OF THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ~ CONCERNING THE MOVE OF THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI ISLAND, AUGUST, 1978 On August 11, 1978, the Undersecretary of the Department of the Interior, James A. Joseph, the Deputy Undersecretary, Wallace Green, and the Director of the Office of Territorial Affairs, Ruth G. Van Clove, journeyed to Bikini Island to meet with its current residents. of their meeting was to convey information on the subjece af The purpose the forthcoming move by the people of Bikini Island to Kili Island, and to respond to ques- tions and hear concerns put to them by the people of Bikini [sland. They had earlier, on August 7, held a similar meeting with former residents of Bikini who now reside on Kili. The High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Adrian P. Winkel, had been prevented vy bad weather in Saipan from joining in the visit to Bikini Island, but he had earJier met with the people of Bikini, as well as with other Bikinians on Kili. *