20 With the Trust Territory annual budget already spread thin in other areas of endeavor, grants from research foundations may well be the answer to finance the research program and this avenue of funding should be thoroughly investigated. Yet if only for pressing home a point, the profound implications and the moral obligation of the U.S. government to fully rehabilitate the atoll damaged by the testing of nuclear devices, liberal and well-planned efforts tailored to the future return of the Bikinians should commence at the earliest possible time. Not only is the complete rehabilit- ation of Bikinl by the U.S. justified in the eyes of world Opinion, a responsibility remains to redress an injusticc toa handful of displaced poeple. Department of Energy iice Historian’s Of ARCHIVES