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Mr. Theodore(®, Mitchell

October 29, 1974

standarized and kept as simple as possible (seagull type engines vs
Johnstones). A number of interesting case histories come to mind
here including the ‘obiter cannery whichis the principle employer
among the several hundred islunders on Tristan da Cunha in midAtlantic who were moved irom their home aiter a volvanic eruption in

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unified extension service

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(c) provide a first rate

ensure a dependable and sutiicient

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water transport service and pier and port facilities to connect Enewetak
to neighboring islands (including Ujeland and the relevant market
centers), (e) actively attempt to diversify the economy, always
bearing in mind local desires, interests, needs and expectations,
Especially attractive is the suggestion that the function of the Eniwetok
Marine Biological Laboratory (which apparently will continue under
AEC sponsorship) be expanded to include technical assistance to the
people. Couple this with the possibility of a Community College for
the Marshalls which would use the facilities already present on Enewetak,
and one has one way of providing a unified extension service while
possibly broadening the economic base of the people. Such possibilities
however need be carefully evaluated concerning the extent to which the
people will actually be invsived and the extent to which they will actuaily
profit. This caution applies even more to the development of a tourist
industry which even at best is a mixed blessing on small islands.
It seers to re that the future of the people of Enewetak depends on the
extent to which the peopie regain their independence and the extent to
which their atoll can become economically self-sufficient. It is my
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impression that the authors of the Defense Nuclear Agency report do not
understand how much recommended

Case 3 alters the assumptions on

which the original Master Plan was based. This alteration also has
major implications for social factors as I hope to show below.
(4) Social Implications of Scttlement. Depending on whether they are
driEnjebi or driEncwetal, the present move home will represent tne
fifth or sixth time that the people of Enewetak have been moved since
1944, Since the original move was compulsory, and hence falls within
the scope of my own research, I suspect that it was accompanied by
a great deal of stress, which, for analytical purposes, can be divided

into psychological, physiological and socio-cultural stress. According
to my own model of how people respond to compu[Sory relocation,
_this stress (or transition) period does not come to an end until (a) the

people once again get back on their feet economically or at least reach
the position that they held before relocation, and (b) feel at home in
their new habitat. Since neither of these factors applies to the people
of Encwetak after nearly 28 years, I would suspect that the older
people (that is, those who were old enough to remember the trauma

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