naneneeeeeeees 197] WEAPONS TESTING (Bmw Eee eee eee ee _ continued thererore, stay on Majuro and one doc- | 1973 after completing certain ‘umspecitor comments: ‘The team was welcomed Sted activities” currently underway on by the islanders who strongly desired the atoll. our investigation work.” “Time and again the committee found that the people did not understand anything about their exposure, che possible effects on themselves and to their children and on their environment.” Congress of Micronesia Report on Rongelap and Utirik, Febru~ ary, 2973, \ om =a FEERUARY Utirik/Rongelap: The Congress Committee 2 investigate the problems of irradiated people Lb vA Cxpwretek ENEWETAK ATOLL, SITE OF 43 ANNOUNCED NUCLEAR TESTS. of Micrones:2 creates a Special Joint the ‘ Ne 1972 Rongelap: An agreement is made setween the Trust Territory administraCion and Marshall Islands elected leaders that the annual Brookhaven nedical survey in March will include three lapanese medical specialists. and Utirik <:toils. x living cn Rongelap MARCH Rongele>: After the 2rockhaven medical survey snip leaves for Rongelap, Marshallese <ciscover that the 7.7. government has :znored the agreement, and SS MAY Enewetak: Five Enewetak leaders and their lawyers. make a brief visit to Ene-~ wetak and are shocked at the damage fron the 43 nuclear tests between 1948 and 958. Very disturbing to the leaders | was the information that one-half of a -O-acre island had recently been strip~ zed of soils in preparation for the Pacific Cratering Experiments (PACE). The initial phases of the “uwmspecified activities’ which had already taken Sackgroung in treatment of radiation place included 190 holes drilled into sickness or thvroid disease, is on board. she reefs and land for explosive charges and 86 trenches dug in different parts As a result, the Rongelap peopie refuse of the atoll, as well as detonacion of to allow the 3rookhaven doctors to examine them, until the U.S. agrees to insix tons of explosives. clude independent doctors on their survey team. Enewetak: A draft EIS as required by oniy one Jatenese doctor, ~ho nas no 1972 CECEMBER The U.S. begins separate negotiations with the Mariana Islands toward that <istrict becoming a U.S. commonwealth, after the rejection of this Status by the reset of Micronesia. land are a facus of American Military plans for an air base on Tinian Is- interest APRIL Enewetak: The U.S. announces it will, surrencer Enewetak by the end of S001et 3 in the Marianas. NEPA was filed by the two Defense De(continued on page <4) a a a a G a ag a a a i a G a S i a 5 a a a a a a s a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a e | a a a 5 a aammaemeeees 22 eee eee eee