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WEAPONS TESTING
_omunsenemneee
1972 continued
partment agencies sponsoring PACE, but
the EIS was not sade available to the
Enewetakese.
in the Marshalls to conduct quarterly
visits to Rongelap.
Complete medical
surveys are still conducted yearly at
Rongelap and every three years at Utirik.
“Our conclusion concerning the
fuman test on the people of Rongejap is that it was a great nistake
to permit the people of Rongelap
to return co their isiand in July
1957, without sufficient work having been done to remove radioactive
pollution from the island."
Report of the Japanese medical
Surves team to the Marshall
-“Siands, December, i971.
SEPTEMBER Enewetak: The =newetak seople
file a law suit to halt all PACE activ-
ities until the finai Environmental Inpact Statement (EIS) its prepared, charg-
ing a violation of the National Environmental Policy Act provisions.
OCTOBER Enevecak: A federal judge in
Honolulu grants the Enewetak people a
temporary injunction against PACE activities.
NOVEMBER Rongelap: John Anjain's son,
Lekoj, one vear old when exposed to raciation on Rongelap in i954, dies of
syveiogenous leukemia at the National
Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.
(At the age of 13, he was first taken
to the U.S. for removal of thyroid nod-
ules; his mother, father, and two
brothers have also had thyroid surgery).
JANUARY Kwajalein: A World Health Organization survey of Micronesia shows
that during a five year period, 1967-
1971, there were "328 cases of cataracts discharged from hospitals in the
Trust Territory; 244 of them, or 742%
were from the Marshalls." The report
notes: "The heavy exposure to microwave radiation by the residents on Kwajalein has been suspected by some peo-.
ple as a possible cause of the incidence of cataracts in the Marshalls." The
source of microwave radiation is the
atoll's missile tracking radar, with
major installations on four islands and
smaller ones on others.
ror
MARCH 26 Ujelang: A NEPA required pub-
lic hearing on PACE takes place on Ujelang (see box:on page 30).
APRIL 4 Enewerak: Following: the Ujelang
hearing, a second public hearing on PACE
is held in Honolulu. Environmental
groups, university students and faculty,
lawvers, congressional representatives
and other citizens testify in opposition
to the PACE project.
JUNE 8 Enewetak: The U.S.Air Force calls
off the PACE program in the face of
court action by the Enewetak people and
aroused public opinion.
1973 Utirik/Rongelap: Because of
Bikini man living on Kili:
“Why is it you Americans are so
okhaven stations physician Knud Knudsen
send men to the moon, but you can't
help us with our problems here on
the Marshallese insistence on improved
medical treatment and evaluations, Bro-
smart and powerful that you can
Kili?"
1974 MARCH With impetus gained fro= the separate Marianas negotiations, the
Marshall Islands Nitijela (Legislature) requests the U.S. to enter into direct
Status talks with the Marshall Islands, apart from the Congress of Micronesia,
In 1977, the U.S. begins
which has been negotiating for all of Micronesia.
Islands and Palau in
Marshall
the
with
separate political status negotiations
addition tc the Congress of Micronesia.
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