. WOR US Whole’ 1916. did he feel now about the Rt as nel are AL Pac codsnan Inee’ed. perbans em - ar wits harassed by the question and bY he that the american. questioner “The American is a lar-man.” he nounced that they must go elsewhere. mor, arrived by seaplane and an- said. “His promise is nol kept.” thet bere heen responsible for the protection and well-being of the Bikimpeopie. Aithougn to American eves the atolls of the Marshalis look much the same, the removal was deeply painful and culturally destructive to the BiKinians. For. aS many anth ronulogists have ooservod, there is among Micronesian peopies a profound, mystical altachent to tne narticulur. tiny plots of land owned by their farnilies or clans. Anthropologist Robert Kiste, author ef “The Bikinians: A Study in | Forced Micration.” s aid iN an inter- view that the relationship between a man and his jand overrides the con- WHICH Id turn was catablieacd cs a CEBL OF NaAUONAU. U.N. Trust Territery unaer eed “To say, ‘I'm Marshallese,” that is a foreign concept.” Kiste said. “Westermers named these islands the Marshalls. ‘Marshaliese’ has less meaning than ‘I’m Bikiman. And among themselves, they speak not of being Bikinians, but say, ‘I'm a person of tnis parucular piece of land.’ Land Slales administration py terms of! United Nations Charierof 1945. Svecifically, it was designated a “strategic trust,” which permitted the Umted States to set aside certain areas of the former Japanese mandate ternitory for military secumty purposes. Bikini seemed a logical choice . ; . | ° \ Piease Turn to Page 6,Col.1 ones PREOAOEN, NOOOMEERA WieSOR! MOE TROGf rectBiaage 6 eneALE Me YE ae is SES SIRT ERT ae RYOARS HREET RE aera, apa ines : é Peoer x . Jak 9 ’ 3 7 2 : £ on t . a PITY é . y we Ce “sy a 2. # . : fe : Ss we eh RS t ae. tot 7” i O05 : 7 ; og e : “4 ' . j . fe wii +: : . x ee “ ? i oy? ae ~ . ro a *” - ” my t er x ~ s PP _3 - 3 wat SE PS . 2 . cant ‘ ? t octal ste niletadeiraihte, ™ ~ e ¥ Pa) or ee nt 1 oF i™~ wee . € 2 ae : sen a Pet tm en > . CMS tet 4 ceria oeinTay. Te ae 7 - : * - — “ot — wa ee ™ - - , ene eo a erent at _- ne os“ x. ek : i . tenet hencetorward the United Slates was you will be moved to another place. We wil lake care of you there. When were through using your atoll, we will bring you back. Few mow question that the Navy had the lega! mht to anpropmaze Eikint AtO. ior muitary purpuses. Bixinl 1s part of the Marshall Islands. whien is part of Micronesia, * eacamy In effect, the islanders then and comething like this: We have cecided to use your atol io test a powerful! mew weanon. For your own safety, we iceman aor Siates as there auomtea the Lis ther wan—therr paramount chief, the power over and beyond their Jocai island chief. Juda. And, m M. arsha.lese tracition, this meant that The first Amerncan promise to the Bikini people was mace by the U.S. Navy after President Harry 3 Truman had, on Jan. 10, i946, at the recDMimendation of the Joint Chefs of Stuff, given the go-ahead for Oneraticn Crossroads, the frst post-World \War H test of nuclear weapons. in sirnplest terms. the promise went ¥ gE ta where he jess it termont for seversl cay mildiy aleohotc bevercae. Although tre ¢ residents of Bikint becouse of radioactivit Jeladrik says that no one told fim he « we, | ees Certainly the Brkinions were ir no mous. PRRs eee vere ee posuon to seriously opnese the Navy wren, on Feb. 10, b- 46. Commacore Ben Wyatt. then the miitary gover rs RADIOACTIVE BREW — Jeladrnk Jaeko che . Ae) just move ‘em off some:3e¢ was an a SrteetnwerMad casei doenok IRe Pattne rown Pe nie Then he leaned close, stamng throug tnick green-tinted messes ‘Mat meuc mis dark eyes seem ener- Breen Ait. cannptage iz: . Parr of it was the attitune. ‘Well, they (the Americans? facet ot tne Pact- fic from the Japanese. And . . . Tt ates Nome jd f eaese Se Teco x + eT vein iterrs me, an - meendchidran an narch of Bikini home.