-i. iD On Fecruary 19, 1946, the American military governor Uns Marsnell Islands announced to us that our atoll had been f2l227T85 25 the "Cesv" site in the world for the testing of ‘nuclear z ites ana chit, 2S 2 consequence, we would have to be relocated. LSii then one monvn Laver, on March 5, 1946, we were taken to Bongerinx avcll Tne United States had previously detonated three natlear aevictes, at Alamogordo, New Mexico, and at Hiroshima and nezeasedai. “1 =4. eh tes On dune 30, 1946, the United States, as part of" operation cevonated at Bikini Atoll a nuclear explosion known as cssrcacis, Sy Fuly 22, 1958, the time of the last nuclear 2." atoll, shot "Juniper" (a part of Operation”we See oF wj7I7, at Rea RIT meta BLT -3aN2, "a‘eae NRwseran” =srevo y 2 hh TABrmon million tons oF Tht. Shot Bravo, the largest Single explosion ae y tne United States, va ce i caused a total area ‘of over 2k oo eo oi ,».05 SqZuars miles to be contaminated to such an extent Hak axing of protective measures. anni nilated ‘taree smaller islands and portions of others and’ sitiongl pass from the ocean to the lagoon. vee At Tne eionclusicon cof the nuclear tests, most of the coconut palms, end ccher tlants of economic value had been destroyed. ‘The avtil tecams covered cy dense scrub vegetation and a massive“amount cP eguipment and ciner debris left from the tests clutteredthe eavironnen at ani cesones. ms Pslamis by, nuclear. testinges