RESETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE 1977 continued UNE Bikini: A Departmenc of Energy (DOE) study based on 1975 data states: "All living patterms involving Bikini ~Siand exceed Federal (radiation) guidelines for 30 year population doses." OCTOBER Bikini: U.S. scientists record an ll-fold increase in radioactive cesium 137 in the 130 people living on Bikini, who are taking in higher than “acceptable” concentrations of cancer causing radiation from the water and food growin in the island's still radio- active soil. Sikini: The DOE tells the people living tertainment provided by bars, TV, films and other activittes is attractive; 4) many find work at Kwajalein exciting and it has the highest rate of pay available in Micronesia. "...At Kwajalein 7 American trained and licensed physicians care for a population of approximately 3,000 residents. At Ebeye one Trust Territory physician and one volunteer physician care for a population estimated to be 7,000 to 8,000." Xonrad Kotrady,™.D., on Bikini Island to eat only one coco- Subcommittee Hearings, Majureo, July 14, 1976. nut per day, rather than tneir normal 5 to 10, and begins sending in all ‘ood for consumption to Bikini. Sixini: Trust Territoy field tris ship service to Bikini is erratic. Food imports arrive late forcing people to eat tne radioactive foods grown on Bikini. Kwajalein: Although the Ebeye Field dospital is just three vears old, its irom reot is deteriorated and leaking tadly. During rainstorms the inside of tne hospital is flooded with one to two zaches of water. JECEMBER Kwajalein: Handel Dribo leads “0 landowners in an occupation of Omeiek and two other small islands in the Mid-Corridor, protesting lack of compen- 0221006 Sation for their use by the Army. Although these islands are in the Mid-Cor- ridor, they are not covered by the 1970 lease agreement. The Marshallese withdraw after U.S. officials promise a prompt settlement. 1978 JANUARY Kwajalein: A study by Dr. william Alexander, ‘Wage Labor, Urbanization and Cultural Change in the Marsnall Islands" cites the reasons people jive on Ebeye: 1) many families are supporting their children in high school cr college with wages earned at Kwaja- lein; 2) while the hospital care is ‘ap- callinz’ by U.S. standards, it is better than on the outer islands; 3) the enSS U.S.House Territorial and Insular Affairs Kwajalein: The Alexander study notes that while American civilian employees of the missile range can shop at all the stores with subsidized low prices on Kwajalein (average of 35-50% less than Ebeye prices), similar to a military post exchange, Marshallese KMR employees cannot. MARCH 1 Kwajalein: with negotiations at a standstill, Handel Oribo leads a reoccupation of Omelek. Lack of compensation, only limited access to his islands for food growing and overcrowding on Ebeye force Dribo's action. "Bikini may be the only globel source of data on humans where intake via ingestion is thought to contribute the major fraction of plutonium body burden...It is possibly thé best available source of data for evaluating the transfer of plutonium across the gut wall after being incorporated into biological systems.” Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Study on Bikini, 1977. APRIL 7 Kwajalein: The U.S.Ambassador :o the Micronesian Status Negotiations, (continued on page 31)