Other Kinds and Forms of Compensation
Ags has been noted elsewhere in places in this report, the people
of Rongelap and Utirik received other kinds of "compensation"
eucing their removal from their islands.
The Rongelapese and Utirikese
were housed and fed on Kwajalein, received copra payments, and
eventually received payment for loss of personal possessions,
Rongelapese had new dwellings built on Aijit,
and continued
The
to
receive a copra payment, a payment for food, and cast off clothing (most
of which was
for men, much
to the distress of the women from Rongelap).
Before returning to Rongelap,
the AEC contracted with Holmes
and Narver and constructed at a cost of about 5300 ,000 new buildings
on Roneelap.
The people were also given pigs and chickens to replace
those whicn either died or were taken by the AEC and used
experiments,
in inedical
as well as some imported food and by one report,
boat upon departure of
the
a 16-foot
team which returned them to the island,