SUMMARY OF RELEVANT BACKGROUND
FOR LAND USE CLAIMS
IT.
ENEWETAK ATOLL.
The United
States Government obtained the exclusive
right to use and occupy the land of Enewetak Atoll under
a 1946 agreement with the Government of the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands (the Trust Government).
The atoll remained populated by 136 inhabitants until
1947,
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when
it was
selected as a nuclear weapons
test
The people were relocated in December of that
year to Ujelang Atoll,
where most of
them have remained.
Enewetak Atoll consists of 39 islands.
The total
land area is 1760 acres.
Ujelang Atoll consists of 22
islands.
The total land area is 428.8 acres.
The
names of the islands on the two atolls and their
respective land areas are shown on the schedule at Tab A.
Between April 1948 and July ° 1958,
was the
site of
43
nuclear tests.
The
Enewetak Atoll
geoyraphical
distribution of the tests is shown by the map at Tab B
and in the following table:
Number of
;
Tsland Name
_Tests
18
Runit
10
Enjebi
4
3
2
1
Eluklab
Aomon
Eleleron
Bokoluo
1
Bokaidrikdrik
1
Dridrilbwi J
1
Lujor
1
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In 1956,a settlement was negotiated with the Enewetak
people for the past and future use oftheatoll.
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