RMI Nuclear Justice Documents

of the agreement is attached at Tab C.
Full use rights to
Enewetak Atoll were confirmed for the United States Government and the Trust Government.

In exchange for these use

rights, the Trust Government agreed to convey to the
Enewetak people use rights in Ujelang Atoll.
Additionally,
monetary compensation in the amount of $175,000 was pro-

vided to the people.

The agreement was signed by traditional leaders of

the Enewetak people who represented that they had "full

and complete right to represent the interests of any
and all individuals who by reason of having lived on

Ujelang or Enewetak may now or at any future date have

a Claim against the United States or Trust Territory

Governments by reason of their use of Enewetak Atoll."

The signatories also expressly agreed:

"., . . that any future claims bases (sic)
on the use of Enewetak by the governments of the United States or the Trust

Territory or on the moving of the people
from Enewetak Atoll to Ujelang Atoll shall

be against them and not against the Government."
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In 1969, an ex gratia payment of $1,020,000 was made to

the Enewetak people as additional land use compensation.
Subsequently, when the United States Government announced
it no longer needed Enewetak Atoll,

the people expressed

a desire to return to it.
Considerable effort went into
making this possible.
The United States Government and
the Trust Government executed necessary papers to terminate
use and occupancy under the 1946 and 1956 agreements, and
to "gquitclaim, release and restore" all such rights to
the people.

The Trust Government also conveyed to the

people full title to Ujelang Atoll.

In order to make

this conveyance, the Department of the Interior was

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required to place a value on this land.

The Department

reported the value of the 428.8 acres to be $425,000,

Or about $1000 per acre.

As a final element of this far-reaching compensation
package, Congress at the instigation of the Department
of the Interior adopted Public Law No. 94-367 to provide for a comprehensive clean-up and rehabilitation
program. .

For the clean-up Congress appropriated $20

million, and provided that the military services were

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