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,

Site.

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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