~ yee" "yO. : “an Cace f:( A: . be ie AW OFFICES OF ey * LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION MICRONESIAN ard THO FMy S AND AT 2 opie EASTEAN CAROLINE ISLANDS S6941 HARSHALLS OFFICE : __ DANIEL MacMEEKIN ere , ROMAN T.TUODELA OLIVER G. . BELHAIM GSAKUMA MICHAEL UNGER TONY VILLANULCVA HANS WILIANDER ALAN B BURDICK _ var OFFICE FASTEAN CAROLINE ISLANDS $6942 WESTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS S644) REPLY VIA AIR MAIL TO ALBERT R. SNYDER DANIEL AQUIND HAMILET J BAPRY. IM SAMUEL WITHERS, Itt oe Marshalis —— May TELEPHONE __ 6243 POST OFFICE GOxK 206 COLONIA, YAP nu, Ceee RICKETSON HAPANAS OF FICE POST OFFCE BOX &2G SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS GE959 POST OFFICE BOX D WOEN, TRU NAHOY G.SELIFIS COMPTROLLE® POST OFFICE BOX 376 RAIURO MARSHALL ISLANDS 96960 TRUK OFFICE DENNIS F. OLSEN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PONAHE OFFICE POST OFFICE 69x 129 WESTERN CAROLINE t3LANOS 9S940 4 0 7 88 4 'SIONAG MACMEEKIN GIDEON DOONE | _— MOLONLA PONAPE ALAN S. LIEBERMAN GEPUTY DIRICTOR FOR ADMINISTSATION SAUIPAH, MARIANA ISLANDS 96950 TELEPHONE E228 pire KORGA, PALAU lOANES KANICHY DEPUTY OIRECTOR 4, Office —o . 1973 Honorable Richard M. Nixon President United States of America The White House Wasington, D, C. Dear President Nixon: This letter is written on behalf of the displaced peopleOf fpikini2 Atoll,now residing onKiliTsland, United ‘States ‘Trus Torritory7 of. thePacifictslands.Tt vsadetailed discussion ofthe pasttrials,fears,and= SiTiTerings of the Bikini pecple P [wretten with intention of placing the grievances of the Bikini people before the United States. This letter is most emphatically a petition for redress of the sufferings and exploitation of the Bikini people by the United States during the last 27 years. The suffering of the Bikini peopie began, as far as the United States is concerned and responsible ~- on January 24, 1946. 6 that date the Pentagon announced that the United St ates had se ted Bikini Atoll in the Northern Marshall Islands as t Series of atomic tests. Part of the requirements or the test program were ere EgRhea a? wesmeeeET Atregt ramaengtnn peepemmmgmareAt a LORENZO L.G. CABRERA JAMES LICKE Executive DIPECTOR : pgs orice sor 626 PALAU OFFICE EDWARD C KING _ MITCHELL ee CENTRAL OFFICE POST OFFICE BOX 5? DELSON CHMES ANDREW FIGIRMAD FELIX FITIAL HEMOS A JACK THEODORE AR | eam er" 0. Mole. . . 5 ~ = ' co if 4 _- Pulsernee MICRONESIAN COUNSELORS . CABLE ADDRESS: MICROLEX f she Gd ne Vedei. C abi eee oe that the test site be quite distant from all heavily populated areas, 500 miles from all air anc sea routes, and uninhabited or containing only a few people who could be relocated. fne "few people" in this case were the people of Bikini They may feve been "few" from the United States point of viow, but from the Bikinians own point of view, they were all ihe peopic not just a few. The decision of the Joint Chief“or Staff made iprovision tor the foolings, aspirations, or wishes or the "few 30 Was simply untlhinkabSa that so few could or would coty the Wishes OF so hany. BEST COPY AVAILABLE go® oo”