5.

REHABILITATION: CIVILIAN REQUIREMENTS
Planning for decontamination constitutes the first phase of planning

for

rehabilitation.

such

as

The second phase considers the civilian requirements

revegetation

community buildings,

including

docking

agriculture,

facilities,

etc.

water

supply,

housing,

In doing so, it should be

recalled that while 167 persons left Bikini in 1946, more than 1000 may now
wish to return.
Such
Committee,

planning
and

has

in

not

fact,

been
until

the
the

primary
major

responsibility
decisions

of

regarding

this
the

decontamination program have been made, detailed community planning may not
be

efficient.

The

Committee,

however,

would

like

to

note

that

such

planning might at least be initiated by the Bikinians and their advisors so.
that by the time the recommended

pilot studies,

detailed

in Section

4.5,

are completed (within two years), the Bikinian needs would be defined, and
where

practical,

steps

to

meet

‘them

decontamination work.

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could

be

coordinated

with

the

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