oE JOU... L -- i .th DAY them £rdm Micronesia. There are a lot of competent Americans who could replace them. Who do tney think they are turning down the wishes of the ‘Micronesiaun people? —I don't think they have the right to do that. These are our islands. They have been here only a shuit time. Ne. Speaker, I really don't think that this kind of thing shoul. be allewed. Who in the —_— — hell do tiey think they are to turn down the wishes of our people? 2weit ' Speaker, J am going to deliver my speech. tog Now, ‘ Pur. Speaker and honorable colleagues, on besalf of two groups of ‘our donstituents, gratitude for the I rise today to express thcir sincere appreciation and ready understanding and moral sipport that this Congress hag in the past unhesitatingly extcnded to them. On their behalf I also ““begeech this Congress to not forget them in the future but to coutinue such. gererous understanding and support for then. yh, “The people Iam speaking for are our constituents from the islands Cot Rongclap and Utirik in the Marshalls. As you know, these Micronesians ,_, jare the brothers and sisters who were exposed to and have since been * “suf fering the effects of atomic radiation emanating from the 1954 hydrogen ~ "bomb test in Bikini by our Administering Autho1ty. Ye ty] ” egy “Mc. Speaker, while I am not in possession ef conclusive evidence ‘to prove it to this House, I am now convinced that the United States cnowingly and consciously allowed the people of &ongelap and Utirik to be.@xposed to the 1954 fallout. This was done ta the Rongelapese and n tirikcse so that the United States covld use them as iuman guinea pigs n Sh the development of its medicel capabilities to treat its citizens who vt might be exposed to radiation in the event of war with an enery country. : This wis a crime unmatched in peacetime. 4 " ‘It ds now 18 years since the beastly crime against all humanity * and-the people of Micronesia was committed but the sinner who professes "to be the tost decent nation on earth has convmiently and successfully * syept it under the rug of deception and secrecy. Simple just:ce begs for ‘the truth. “gs: “We are told that the radioactive fallout on these people was an caused by a shift of winds. Who docs the United States intend ory accident to. fool with this sort of statement? The reas, it is written, why Bikini “was chosen as the site of the atomic tests was that few peopie would ce “affected. This is an acknowledgmznt that the United States knew that “these people would be exposed to the fallout. Moreover, Ronuzslap and Utirik “tare within 300 males from bikini and surely the United States knew thac _ “these islands were within the range of the fajlout. I cannot help cur 4 conclude that this was a planned accident. fsd I also see tne whole ffair tainted with racism. The United States chose to make guinea pigs Sao out of our people because they are not white kut some brown natives in some remote Pacific islands. *. “Although these pcople could never be adequately compensated for ~ . their contribution to American medical scicna, they have bean given “pitifully small monetary compensation. About 80 Rongelapcse have received $800,009 and all the 159 Utirikese have been promi:cd a meeyer $16,009. Tweaty~Lirce Japanese fishermen of the ‘Luss Dragon’ who were also exposed te the fallout were yiven two millios dollucs. I ayk--are Micronesian lives worth less than those of oher pesples7T "The medical team that the Réngelape se and Utirikese Lave been receiving ts also-chighly qucstionszble. Si.a@ the fallout, doctors with the U.S. Atcwws Sscryy Commissicu, which -efasponsible foc the developme: wars _ at 210G‘ ane.