pPaesaseeeesseeeees WEAPONS TESTING BS SSeS ee SSeS ewe 1954 concinued the Utirik people after S5ravo, are evacuated by a Navy LCU. MARCH 5 Kwasalein: Many of the exsosed people from Rongelap, Rongerik and Utirik, evacuated to the Kwajalein Navy tase, continue experiencing symptoms of severe radiation exposure: itching and Durning of the skin, eves and mouth, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The ma- Sority of the Rongelap people and she -8 Americans suffer from skin burns on their necks, arms and feet and loss of Sody and scalp hair beginning abour two weeks after their exposure. MARCH Japan: Two weeks after their exposure, the [ishermen on the "Lucxy Uragon' arr:ve in Japan. Within a snort cime, the radio operator is <‘eaa of leuxemia, and other crew members are tll. Within two years the Japanese government receives $2 million in -:cnmrensations Irom the U.S. governmen: isr the ‘Lucky Iragon's' exposure. mediately ceased. if the experiments... should be judged adsolutely necessary for the eventual well being of all peo- sle of this world...all possible pre- Cautionary measures to be taken (and) all human beings and their valuable possessions be transported to safe dis- tances before such explosions occur...” “The first shot (Bravo) has been variously described as devastating, out of control and with other exaggerated and mistaken characterizations. JI do not wish to minimize it...but at no time was the testing out of control.” Admiral Lewis Strauss, U.S.AEC, dat a Washington, D.C. press conference after the "Bravo" shot. been APRIL United Nations: The Trusteeship Council approves a resolution in response to the Marshallese petition sup- >orting continued U.S. nuclear testing, “When we arrived on Kwajalein OG we Startec setting burns all cver wr tod:es and people were feelin: fizzy and weak,...After two caus something actpeared under mu fin- rernmaics ans wien mu fingernails came crf anc mu fingers bled. we =, a.n 140 Surts 2n our sars, snoulcers, neces and feet and our eyes were very sore." Sery Enos, Rongelap Atoll. _ y MARCH 27 Bikini: Following the Bravo test, the otf limits zone around S8ikini aS enlargec eight times. The area includes the inhabiced atolls of Rongelap, Utirik, vjelang and Likiep. No islanders are ever evacuated before c@ases, mowever. subsecuent APRIL 20 Uniced Nations: 11] Marshailese, clected and traditional leaders irom more than 10 atolis, petition the United Nations Trusteeship Council re- questing that “all the experiments with See re is within this area be im- but requesting that added safety precautions be taken and urging the U.S. "2 compensate the Marshallese for loss 22 land. APRIL 26 Zikini: Ailinginae, Rongelap and Rongerik Atolls are contaminated with radioactive falicut from che Union ‘est ac Bikini Atoll. The yield of zhis bomb remains classified information MAY 5 Bikini: Ailinginae, Bikar, Rongelap and Rongerik Atolls are contaminated with radioactive fallout from che Yankee test at Bikini Atoll. The yield of this bomb remains classified information. MAY 16 Rongerik: The 28 Americans evacuated from Rongerik are pronounced fic, and released for active duty after medical examinations at Kwajalein and Tripler Hospital in Hawaii. They re- ceive no further medical follow up dessite their exposure to at least 78 rads of whole body radiation. (continued on page 12) eee 10 Ree eee eee ee