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The Community Development Project on Kili was terminated
some time after the typhoon.

It was not continued by the

comuunity as far es I know.
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Attempts by the Administration to obtain another location

for the displaced Bikinians have been abortive.
The economic difficuities of the former Bikini people

were alleviated when they were paid the sum of $325,000 by
the Government in exchange for the use of Bikini Atoll.

The

interest from the trust fund, into which $300,000 was placed
is a quaranteed income which helps the local economy.

This

Will become less significant as, the population increases,

as

it has since the fund was established in 1956.
Present Attitudes Toward Kili
The attitudes of Magistrate Juda,
community,

and of other leading people of the community with

whom I talked on Majuro,
with the Bikini Atoll
They still
there

the leader of the Kill

Kwajalein and Ebeye in connection

Survey,

say that Kili

is not enough food

seemed to be unchanged.
is

there,

no good,
and the

it

like.

is

like a prison,
The

same objec-

tions which were made over a decade ago are still made.

Ali

of the people whom I interviewed stated that they wanted to
return to Bikini to live.
the

survey and what

They were all very anxious about

the results would be in terms

being allowed to return to Bikini or not,

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of their

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