.'s . WOOK Unis whore" oper:SerSTURT yt {946. atid he feel now about the Americans? ct the Paci- a ErcitemisHeb once ds ee American. Then he leaned close, staring trrougn tmick green-tinted gigsses said. “His promige is not kept.” where he jess at term or for seversi duys mildiy alcohiohe beverage. Altniouth tre cor residents of Bikini because of radioactivity | Jeladnik says that no one told him he co there adopted the Uinied States as ther twoj ap—ther paramount chef, the power over and Leyond their locai isiand chief, Juda. And, in Marsra_lese tradition, this meant that The first American promise to th Eakin) people was made by the LU’S. Navy after President Harry $ S Tru- man had. on Jan. 19, 1946, at the ree- henceforward the United States was wEMendation of the Joint Chiefs of respons.ble for the protection and weiJ-being of the Bikini people. siaff, given the go-ahead for Onerauicn Crossreads. the first post-World ar H test of nuclear weapons. Althougn to American eves the atolls of the Marshalis look much the same, the removal was deeplypainful and culturally destructive to the Bikimuans. {n siruplest terms. the promise went fometrangz hke this: We have decited to use your atoll ia test a aawertul rew weaOn. For your own safety, vou will oo moved lo another piace. For. as many anthrenglomsts have observed, tnere is among Alicronezian peopies a profound, mystical attachMen: to tne particulur, uny plots of land owned bytheir families or clans. Anthronolomst Robert Kiste, author of were Bikimans: A Study m rorced Maration.’ said in an interview that the relationship between a man and his land overrides the con- We wul take care of vou there. When we're through using your atoll, we will bring you back. Few now question that the Navy had the ieza!l meht io anpropnate EiKim Atow for muttary purposes. B:ximi is part of the warshall Islands. whicn is part of Micronesia, WHICH In tut was ¢stabhescd + cest of naLonany. UN. Trust Termiory unaer Unite: “To say, ‘I'm Marshallese,’ that is a foreign concepi.” iste said. ““Westermers named those islands the Marshalls. So ‘Marshallese’ has less meaning than ‘I’m Bikiman.’ And among themselves, they speak not of being Bikinians, but say, ‘I'm a person of tmis particutar piece of land.’ Land Please Turn to Page 6, Col. 1 States administration ny terms of tn United Nations Charterof 1945. Snecificallv. it was designated 2 “strategie trust,” wnicn permitted the United States to set aside certain areas of the former Japanese mandate territory for miiary secunty purposes. Bikini seemed a logical choice - eRe, SERRE. SESAIOEAOEA MEATY ARIE DMGNE SMRG 9 ACERNNMae NIMES ONEARNON di t \ eres ut wt ’ <ol- fe ateeetrove r ofs 78 3 , é 5 ‘ ~ . - “ 2 nae _ * act . Net as x sf., “¢ " ? - ~ . a £ af : ok : 7}. am . = ee * ' ? wy ‘ ws; 4 “Se 2 / a ft wey < . a a a - cos . oe i. .Cos” ~ tae 4 * s - t anhgnen™ * o; JO} . a i 7 of X sy . = r eon ane & ea, so ~ t fia et a 4 . : : gs A “a i> * wan . aTeel ~ ee rey z i :? e © :: : -ayt ; *% -F $2 it :: s Ram weg} 1 5 : 3SF,‘ rey “ g °, i ; S +, — oe 7 _ ‘ 7. , :. py ! 3 f er . me 5 £5 i . fos .: “yf * hoe mfms § - ~, 7 ‘ . “ ° reg . ° ~ = yk =m Pas. mo ~ 2 . Rx. ps A te! Atay o - . vu! “Fo: “ Rae nor, armved by seaplane and announced that they must ga elsewhere. Jn effect, the isianners then and “Pre American ig a har-man.” he pone A wrep an Feb. 1, loit, Commasore Bon Wyait, then the miitary cover- tHat Mac mis dark eyes seein ener. wt ae RADIOACTIVE BREW — Jeladrik Jaeko check posiuion to seriously ofpese the Novy mous. . < veard eacanius thet hee Read tomoerdt ta fie a juss move “om off somep xe cise. Certainly the Bikiniins were ir no fart that the gueshboner was an & | Planors) arecuet brele STOWD Prle Pee Teo dea nec The caiman fnoched. peehans er barracsed by tne qaestion ana by tre Pretes 2 | fic from the Japanese. And... part of tt was theattiiude. ‘Well, they the ee = ve oF neee say ees Neethahatil om n . , ~ Fw ek ae : . eee ~ 7 Ryser wes nee I x oe ec — _ SENT “eg ™ “mens gn ene adee eee Ja-bidean an porch of Bikini home. E