Payment for loss of personal possessions When personnel of Joint Task Force Seven shepherded the frightened Rongelapese and Utirikese off their home islands and ancestral land with the admonition that if they remained they would die, they were told not to take anything with them. Later, they were asked to fill out forms describing what personal goods they had lost during the time the Utirikese (three months) and Rongelapese (three years) were away from their islands. Those who filled out the papers were then paid the stated value of the possessions. The Committee was shown a copy of an example of this form on Utirik and reproduces it for the record below: "Statement of claim for Personal Injury or Damage or loss to Property." 1. Name Kabotbot, K. 2. Address Age M-24 Island ‘Utirik' 3. Atoll ‘Utirik' Basis ofyour claim: the following personal injury or loss or damage to property was a result of the Test Activities of Task Force Seven on 1 March 1954: (kin un eo im Maron Konono Kake: Armij rein Lajrak tok flol tok im rejoko ak jorran men ko mweier itok tokjen Jerbal in Kokomalmel eo an Task Force Kenkajiljilimjuon ilo 1 March 1954) 4. Item 16 Bag MakMok 6 1 6 3 4 3 Dresses towel pants shirts T.shirts towels Value $ 2,00 1.80 1.50 3.60 2.50 75 35 Total $ 32.00 10.00 1.50 21.60 7.50 3.00 1.05 $ 77.45