.. . . . ----.* -“ .- , . . . . BIKINI RESETTLEMENT PROGW .-- 1. RESETTLEMENT OPTIONS In light of the Interior Department’s finding in 1978 that Bikini Island would not be safe for the foresee– able future, the people of Bikini have spent over a year .— exploring possible resettlement sites. With the help of High . ‘ Commissioner Winkel, four trips were conducted, one to Hawaiif one to Wake, one to fly over Palmyra, and one to various atolls .in the Marshall Islands, including Mili, Knox, Jaluit, Ailinglaplap, Erikub and Likiep. Only one of these potential relocation sites -r Wake -- interested the Bikinians. Wake has very little rain- / fall and virtually none of the life-sustaining trees or / ( \ L vegetation commonly found throughout the rest of the Marshall . Islands, but it does pose one very attractive future for the Bikinians -- the American military. them from Bikini in 1946. The U.S. military removed The people have not yet found a ‘~~