z2r tseting performed at Bikini Atoll between
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“2S an invesral part of the United States nuclear
Szram.
We do not know exactly how much
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ei Itaves spent to develop, test and produce its.
are informed and believe that between
~nited States government invested at least.
27,552,592.
SBuv for the testing of nuclear explosive devices
ani finished wearens 2t Bikini and Enewetak Atolls, most or all
22 mines, would nave been wasted, or it would have cost the
Vnivei States much more in money and time to accomplish the-same
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vim Eikini, we nave exoressed our desire to return to piicdnd AGO LT «
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we are informed and believe that the decisions to,remove
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‘tur desire so return to our ancestral homeland is-only,
p2arviallir understandable to most Americans , even those who have
nit
Sugeumtes vo this modern age of mobility and frequent changes”
in vesitenis.
iixini Atoll is typical of Marshallese atollssinoe
tras is cf tremendcus importance to us.
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Ee2ause land is obviously scarce in the Trust Territory,
fav) lilertnesian rsorles regard land as a commodity or as a mere
2? crodustion.
stence.
Ties
Land is the essential element of Micronesian
£9 she land are therefore unusually strong ‘throughout
dana AS