Y ~~ n > . » ca NATIONS : oe 4 - LY oS Sty . cA ty Sy “ ie ny Distr. LQ 29 February ce S ORIGINAL: EnGLisd » ie ee re ake ere os reER ee Fe ee Or eeee el aee i ae neisg! PETEEION BRC WR. TORD gee COMORSIING THR TRUSY YEBRTUORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDs . | 5 (Circulated in accordance with rule 85, pevagraph 1, of tha ; rules of prceeccure of the Trusteeship Couneti) Kili web ee DaleTS oe yD ae i | 15 February 196 a . President ot a pce Trustcesh ip in? Coune $1 ‘United lations a New Yorn, N.Y. re Dear President and Members of the Trusteeship Council; ; a Lees, epee ey oat | My wife and I are living on Killi Island in the Marshall District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The history or the Killi pecple is available in the work entitled The Bikiniens, a Trensplanted Poowlation. reiocate. y Le orard Mas Tf ask your indulgence, however, When the United States wanted ea Pacific atoll for atomi testing, they cnose bikini. i We heve been nere since September 1967; we teach English to the students here as members of the Peace Corps. for a br fer synopsis. an Is Slanis Frust Territory of the Pacific Islands . pasos “Bae me? ‘ “oh oe Perera oS eres a, ae ae oo er isle nd Ma renall. MhSiretat The people living there were ‘tasked! to teznorarily E Arter a long search, the island of cilli was selected and the pecole moved; there had been 2 previous moves to Roonrik and Kwajelein Atolls. ‘baen their temporery hume for 20 years! vay @ive many convincing arguxents, - 3 and we want you to be This kas now They don't want to stay on Killi, ani they We feel their argucents are worth being listened to, aiare of their unnecessary hardships These people heave teen transferred from a typical Marshallese atoll to a sinele pb islend. What does this mean? Kij1i probier. + 68.0889 Pe on It reans there is no lagocn. Tnis is the crux of the A dtscun ds the ctolr of Jife to (nh. Mirshalless; it prevides their , a 408310 m/PuT. 10/h9 ENA xf. | Eipeeoty a. * SSeSnE! GEERRAL WieRee 2 x = 4 elle a NM) ] . by | Taro. pers eG prs Gybe EES ER RE ES EL oe DOE BEST COPYAVAILABLE ' - .