RMI Nuclear Justice Documents

of the agreement

s attached at Tab C.

rights,

Government

Fu.

use rights to

Bnewetak Atoll were confirmed for the United States Govern~
ment and the Trust Governinent.
In exchange for these use
the Trust

agreed

to

convey to

the

Enewetak people use rights in Ujelang Atoll.
Additionally,
monetary #ompensation in the amount of $175,000 was provided

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 ot 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:
"lo.

.

that any future claims

bases

(sic)

on the use of Enewetak by the govern-

ments 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."
In

1969,

an

ex

gratia payment of

the Enewetak people as additional
Subsequently,

$1,020,000 was made to

Jand usecompensation.

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

"quitclaim,

the people.

release

and restore"

all

such rights

to

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
reguired to place a value on this land.
The Department
reported the

value

of

the

or about $1000 per acre.

428.8

acres

to be $425,000,

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