Throughout all.of this, from before the first atomic tests on July 1, 1946 up to the present day, they have constantly reiterated their desire to return to Bikini.* Id., 4% 52-57. ‘Richard, supra, and Kiste, The Bikinians: See generally, A Study In Forced Micration (1974). During this same period, the United States engaged in nuclear ’ testing programs which rendered Bikini Atoll uninhabitable.? On August 12, 1968, hovever, more than twenty two (22) years after the people nad been removed from Bikini, President Lyndon B. Johnson finally announced the conclusion that "the major islands of the etoll are new safe for human habitation." Complaint § 6C, Zxhibit A. Verified At the same time he noted that the tasks involved in the resettlement program were "beyond the means of the former Bikini people and of the Trust Territory Government" and he directed the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Clark M. Clifford, "to work with the iecretary of the Interior and the High Commissioner of =ne Trust Territory in planning a comprehensive resettlement oresram and to assist them in carrying it out with all possible dispatch." Id. . ‘ In response ic President Johnson's directive, the Departments of Defense anc inverlor and the Atomic Energy Commission (now the erne strong S2elings of the people of Bikini receive poignant expression in this 3ikinian song: Nothing can be right for me, I cannot be haopy. As I slese on my sleeping mat and pillow, I dream about my atoll and its beloved places. “y dreams remind me too painfully About all those places I used to know. Wnen in dreams I seem to hear the sounds I once knew Ny memories make me "Homesick." , It; is than that nostalsia overwhelms me and makes me weep Pecause it is more than I can stand. (Kieto, surra 111-112, .u0cting a translation from Marshallese Drerarei cy bP. Drucker for the naval historian Richard. ) 3The first suslear explosion, "Able", part of Operation Crossroads, octurved on June 30, 1945 (per U.S. side of the Tnternatdonal Det> Line). Puentyenuwo nusloir detonations Pollowed on blidnd, the lest being the July 2¢, 2332 “Cuniper"™ shot, the Picsle of Phase Il of Operation Yardtack. Verified Complaint, 9 44. _ mtn 5052102 l