F SRS eS ee ee a a a a gS a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a i i a a a a a a a a a i a G 5 5 a 8 | a cn Cc Cc mM C7 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. (continued on page 26) ARBRE 244 ae ESS SS SSS eee