17 The agricultural practices of the resettled islanders will probably be the same as in the past. intensive type of agriculture. Coconuts, That is, a non- arrowroot, pandanus, and whatever breadfruit that oan be grown will be grown. The resettlement program will, of course, give the Marshall Isiands District Agriculture Department an excellent ' opportunity to plan for the most efficient use of the land in the atoll. Improved varieties of food-producing plants can be introduced and planted in the most efficient manner. coconut groves, production. training especially, The can be planted to insure maximum This will be a valuable project in terms of the local people and scientific experimentation in atoll agriculture. I believe that the Bikini people have become more ortentecd toward a cash economy since their removal from the atoll. This is especially true of tnose who have had to cope witn the cash economy prevalent at Majuro and Ebeye. will probably be Will want to maximize This means that they very much interested in copra production and the yicld throughout the atoll. While this Will aid in the rehabilitation program and the eventual economic stability of Bikini, neglected. Mr. Subsistence agriculture should not be Hiyane is, of course, well aware of this aspect of the problem of agricultural rehabilitation. As I have indicated previously, the Bikini people can be expected to make the maximum use of the Birds and me turties, and ggcs | tneir eggs, local marine resources, fisn and snelilrisn, and ail