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Surveys ot Ronger:k bv navy personne! revealed thar it
might present some problems of economic selt-surficiency tor
The aroi] is much smailer nan Bikim.
In con-
crast. to Bikinis twenty-six isiands ana lana area of 2.32 square
mues. Rongerik has oniv ten islands with a total area of about
‘1.63 square miles: tne largest of the ten islands covers a scant
‘1.17 square miles as opposed to the 9.66 square miles ot Bikini
Island. Rongerik’s lagoon of fifty-five square miles is less than
one-fourth that ot Bikini’s see Map 4°. Further. as Rongerik
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impressive (Mason 1954:264).
The administration sought the counsel of the Bikinians’
paramount chiet. He urged thar the people be moved to either
Ciae or Lae Atolls in northern Ralik: both were inhabited and
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