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overnight vovage to Rongerk provided the first documentary
evidence that thev considered their relocation to be a temporary
inconvenience; he was inrormed bythe islanders °... that rhey
would come back to Bikini someday” (Life Magazine 20:105-109,
March 2§, 1946).
The Bikinians arrived at Rongerik on March 8. 1946. Less
than a month had elapsed since the date theyhadfirst learned
of their impending relocation.
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