Bikinilans has understandably seemed imminent to then. Complaint. 9 63, Exhibit B. Indeed, in the latter part of 1973, the Trust Territory Deputy High Commissioner said the Bikinians would Ss allowed to return to Bikini "permanently by Christmas this [1973] year." Verified Comslaint, 7 84. Exhibit I. Again in February of 1974, the Department of the Interior announced that the first group of Bikinians could be resettled in mid-April 1974. Verified Complaint, 1 85. No such resettlement was carried out in 1974 or at any ‘time up to the present. To the contrary, reports released in August, 1975, the preliminary radiological indicate that residence in the oni: nouses thus fer tonstructed in the Bikini resettlement will de unsafe unless the ceople adhere to living patterns significantly different from normal Bikinian customs. Id., 99 80, &6. Pecently, an E=>- representative told the Bikiniens that neither EZDA nor its vredecessor, the Atomic Energ: Tomnaission, had ever recommendei tne constructicn of houses on Sixini Island but ni recommended that Eneu Islené be resettled first. Id., 7 87. Such & statement was stunning to the people of Bikini, who throughout program had believed thet tne Federal agencies ini agreed upon what needed to Se done to make their axing all cossible steps try b '$ w J eh) oh i] ” ty ts I cr Qo 1 involved understood yo resettlement iF the Sikini wy . Verified for the protection ther oritical and unnerving inconsistency invclves the graunivater on Bikini atoll. Ens-rr Commission Yerict Per In cune of 1971, the arconic actvised defendant Johnston that Sonplaint, © 71, Exnibit frnadiowte sha: Pihtni Por onovitoulvural purcices sufficient | The August, 1975 preliminary Tslernd rroundwater snculd only be used Id., ~3- 5052106 o. thera was not § 70 ‘ [~