|. ll. LOS ANGELES T. ww .£S, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1977 PAGE 3 OF 4 PAGES “Rongerik-is-miichmore, peautifuls eangyegert) and istatricher2island.thanBikini;a gusaid®atl -account inthe Los Angeles: . nant Continisadi fromitthase: ee ; ft eR Bt : .‘thereWas No-Suarantee:tenof.at ° Supply: of‘importedfoo larger’.thanBikini:and-roughly..trian= Zenntio'at S ativels ie eee3 arene es‘Coconutshere arethree or. four: residents:would:not:at. theEenomy a > perTimes,,“Rongeérikisaboutthree.times;: “3 aximes as. large:as.ee!00,Bikinihad But:‘the people.ofBikini.Khew bet! Oe Bikini had’ 26 ‘islands‘and 2.32: . ee"Sad i tneteattoney:Ganges “Square miles’ of. land;:while:Rongesile” ‘during.‘the-dast’‘Yeatsthere: has:been len? Thisdispersion:hesaid,has.made: ‘had10 islands with 0.‘AT,Square. miles’; itt:extremely"difficult: for. them: to ‘of, Jand.. There: was-a: reason, thatily: Genesis: “They: were:told*not’‘toreat: “fheirhardshins-istarted.“with!thes simostia:‘replay:‘of:the:first?book‘of: i thes,“pandanus*. anid'ébreadtruit,=put: some-“of the people: are:‘eating:these’ rathat:“they: vere, jasuiiinhabited: ios adrhanyespecies of heninhehaggoon. were*unaccounlably toxics Bow ne great,” cad Oscar®deBrum::‘adminis7 de trator for the TrusteTerritory’sSs: Mar: ‘shall Islands district? “the.‘people: of Bikini syere.“told their? erre"ead ed aboard 2 ‘Navy bad ing.ty ‘atollwas needed by scientists forex-" “craft vontMarch.7,.1946,:‘taking.with. rdht i “Unlike the $20 million.cleanuppros ; “periments. With, nuclear. devices: that. “them:tpersonal’ possessions; pandanus. “Lavould: besfor-"'thegeod’ ofmankind” thatch: panels and:outrigger. canoes., aram and:-$12° million:‘Teseltlement “apndto endall wars.) 6 lure. sJamore. Aitap said. they had been giv-! rogram: that:Congress “authorized< ‘last year for the people.‘of Enewelak;.a onemaillary govertor told neseenabouta week,t6pac. # as “another atollthat was heavily radiat~: sple;:who were deeply committed‘to “Christianity; that-theywere like “the }.. Relocation» was accomplished) “edfrom weapons.-lesting,.the program. . children of Israel'who the Lordsaved“:*swittly’and withtlittie planning,”” said! for the people ®of BikingHaseen,ab - 2 from-their enemy: and led ‘trom. ine: ~-Kiste:“As soon as the people began to’: est, piecemeal. *adff PSI RS Promised:Land.”. igtcc tas abatd - Sudsist.on.Jocal. foods,-it became ap-+' rhe resetllemiontproceedin Sort.fh. Navy: press releases: and news.res! .,. parent thal. Rongerik's resources had:: ‘of a palchwork, .way,sSaid: Raysof:sports praised-the atoll that the: people;~ been:greatly overestimated ander iY ERDA.:"Never, as-far as I’m aware,. were. being shifted:to, Rongerik?‘ane: in fact, inadequatesicnsiy 22; ry did an agency of the-.United States: go+ ~yninhabite‘a: atolt: about;120)“miles 0. ‘Tn 1947-2 Navy pched af investiga2’ over to Congress and Present xtotal : the east of Bikinis i s- Mt * tion foundthepeople-were.Seriously; ‘package for a returns)! fee 2ot “Pheenatives are delighteilPonthus”. undernourished andlow on fresh wa--. yen. fedéralfofficials.“admit; ‘ “Siastc: about the: atomicbomb, which ‘s ter..The Trust /Tcrvitory administra however,that the plight of the people .. already. has brought tnem prosperity":tion-offered. to relocate them on Iii? of pikini is more serious than the dis-:' an anew.promisiniuture, said one ,_ an island, rather than an atoll, 500. placed people olbnewelak;.who were:account in a-Honoluiu newspaper.nom rites to the souta. The Bikini council, 5013182