DALnNZ ellorcs were redused because Rongerik's coconuts were o2 Sucn 220" quality thar they could not produce the sennit we needed ng canoes together and to serve as rigging. aary 31, On L342, che only food on the island was one bag of flour, . setae Vnion 725 mixed with 2a little water and doled out to the 167 of us resident there at that time. + eat All ripe pandanus and coconut 23 had iong since been eaten, along with the only fish that eculd be procured, a small slightly poisonous butterfly fish. “In. response to emergency messages, a doctor and emergency supplies: were llown to Rongerik in February, 1948. ani pronounced our condition to be that of a starving peoples angi. 35. et The stay ay Kwajalein was never intended to be other than vemporary, and in late 1948 we were moved to the island oftKitt 2.59 " in the Ralik Cnain of the Marshalls, but about 500 miles south scuvheast oF Bikini Atoll. 37. Kitt is an island, not an atoll. lagoon nor sheltered fishing grounds. Kili has resera Because of the absence of 2aapie ate, & .eg00n ani the fact that Kili's longitudinal axis lies almost - oargilel to the northeast tradewinds, from late October to.TE“ee scoring each year re is no protected anchorage, and the ising” is virtuell: cut off from access by vessel during this period.” i 1 . ’ 4 Tre nigh surf conditions that predominate during this partof'the” vsar also greatly resvrict our deep-sea fishing efforts. oe end area of Bikinl Atoll and about one-half the land area of Bikini land, whien was our principal inhabited island at Bikini Atoll. slvhoughn Kili Island contains better soil than Bikini Atoll, when relocated there ve were neither accustomed ‘to nor skilled in the . Pate A thee inzensive agricultural techniques necessary to making Kili. ‘Island rable-Sk eSBET 4