AND NUMBER FOUR, MR. PRESIDENT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE ADMINISTERING AUTHORITY ESTABLISH PERMANENT FUNDS FOR THE | ISLANDS OF RONGELAP AND UTIRIK IN. THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO BE USED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND WHAT PORTION THE PEOPLE USE EACH YEAR WILL BE REPLACED THE NEXT YEAR SO THAT $25,000 WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO THESE PEOPLE FOR THEIR USE. THIS LAST STEP WAS DECIDED UPON AFLER REVIEWING THE VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES. IT HAS NOW BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE THB INCIDENT OCCURRED AND IT IS PERHAPS TOO LATE TO DISCOVER EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE WAS DONE BY THE FALLOUT TO THE ISLANDS, AND WATER OF THE TWO ATOLLS. HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE FUNDS WILL HELP TO COMPENSATE THE PEOPLE FOR WHAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE: THAT ' IT WILL NOT CREATE DEPENDENCY--WHICH COMPENSATION TENDS TO DO AND WHICH IS THE ANTITHESIS OF THE INTENT OF COMPENSATION ;. AND THAT IT WILL ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT THESE ISLANDS TO RETURN TO THEM. MR. PRESIDENT, WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING THAT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BE GIVEN TO THESE PEOPLE. ‘I WOULD GUAGE ARE MINIMUM DEMANDS. FIGURES TO BE NEGOTIATED UPON. TION IN THIS CASE. WE ARE SUGGESTING FIGURES WHICH WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING INFLATED WE FAIL TO SEE ANY MERIT IN NEGOTIA- THE FACTS ARE CLEAR. UNITED STATES IS RESPONSIBLE. TIE PEOPLE WERE INJURED. THE UNITED STATES THUS MUST DO JUSTICE TO THESE PEOPLE. HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT THAT THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT WISH TO DO JUSTICE TO THESE PEOPLE, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PEOPLE OF 5010555 THE