. PremieT . Sg od me D. ~ Ah ¥ Ou oe ‘ [aeee an inhabited.the Bikini atoll. HO [Our “2D: . aes is inaccurate, please accept my apologies. : ee aos The people of Kila originally The United States government asked these people to leave Bikini so that an atomic bomb cculd be tested, United States promised to find them another Home, The The Bikini people accepted the offer and were removed from the atoll. After subsequent minor tries at finding a home, which failed because of land ownership reasons and inability of the chosen atoll to sustain "extra" life, Killi was decided upon, An agricultural and island improvement program prepared the island for its new inhabitants. That was twenty years ago. Since then a typhoon and neglect have marked the lives of these people, : KILI IS NOT SUITED TO THE MARSHALLESS WAY OF LIFE. The "staff of life" for the former. Bikini people is a lazcon. There is none at Kili. It is an island surrounded by high waves that make their lives very exasperating, unstable, and perilous. To get their outrigeer canoes over the wives is a danrer I see them face daily. If they do "bcat the waves", they then face the problem of catching fish, A lagoon provides fish, turtles, clams, lobster; in the ocean they rely solely on fish. . ; a - The efforts at catching fish are tremendous; The returns are slim, Many days no fish are caught at all! We con sympathize with their fishing hazards here on Kili and see the advantages of a lagoon, especially since we trained on Udot in the Truk lagoon. Not only having to contend with the forces of nature, the Kili people are at the whims of the captains of the supoly ships. trip ships come about once every three months. Field The shins are from Majuro; they sell food, kerosene, and other supplies to the people of tha outer islands as well as pick us the island's copra. are too biz abl Kit, RET) de bypanned. If the waves The cepra roils and the peapto are unableto buy rood and kerosene. A ship arrived at Kili, Wednesday, Noverber 15, at 7:00 P.M. It was too dark to do mich work; it's hard tne daytime. At 5:00 A.M. enough fighting the ocean in on the 16th, I was awakened to the news that the ship would be leaving soon, but the ship's outboard would make one last trip.! On board the ship, I argued with the captain to stay, out his only concern was maintaining his schedule and preventing his boat from being on the reefi oO damages a The pecoole or their needs were not = “Bady