s. Seon shes wor Deh) cae kon . Id Onn. ~ af moat, ra Y AUD ay _. a e . te to Hope and I), and that there was a refrigerator and stove for the dispensary and 21] the education supplies still on board his ship. He didn't seem to care that there were Kili bags (handicrafts made on the island) and copra that the people wanted to sell, He had to keep a schedule! The real incident that prompted me to write this letter occurred ‘this morning, Saturday, November 18, The boat had previously departed Kili for Ebon atoll, but was asked to return to Kili to pick up the magistrate, Juda, ‘on a medical emergency cali, morning at 5:00 A.M. The boat returned this The ocean was extremely rough, but the patient had to be removed from the island. In 2a lacoon this operation would be It was an hour and }y operation ut Kili. The ship wan only First the shis 's Gutboard was caught on a wave, me outboard with the ch w Go and the engine had to bo repaired. L p. fs 3 C2 200 yards from shore, patient and those accomoanying him was the next problem, The waves continually seesawed the boat while the men tried to steady it, Finally the patient was carried on, and the outboard made its attempt to return to the ship. To do this the Kili men walk the boat out as far as possible, try to time + he waves, end then "gun" the movor attempting to escape during the wave interval. oO The boat coasted over the white foam of a preceeding wave and met the dark ocean head on. From the shore we could see a black line rising before the craft which indicated the formation of another wave. The crest of the swelling rated the boat and then suddenly dropped it, splashing forward. The wave had been beaten, ‘but it left the passengers drenched and took one small suitcase overboard. Remember, this was a medical was a very sick man on board. The small craft made it to the ship and the ship departed, t Is it any wonder why we heard, 2 "Milli enana, a Bikini emon"? (Kili t is bad, ’ Bikini is &good.) Their lives are centered around a laroon, 4 - The one thing that is most important to them is not available here on Kili, ; They want to go home! pet They don'tv know, Br 1 Re ‘ % . 1Srtp : erties Te I . mw! ae It didn't matter to him tha % the Kili stores were out of emergency and there ” ara +) AAND= LPOEdr! Qi food, that there was 4s barrel of kerosen 2 on the island (which belonged + : os Te eee a Re RIE ee no problem, . Outs - mentioned. . €€ Can they, after 20 years of life on Kili? i int has been en ceclared are as rom all a radi a vit: Bikini safe from radioactivity; ‘] They have received a rather optimistic lewter concerning this subject. e a wee ee are any