Bey ry BELG Pe ah Th SL ane ae Pov Orn Spt eta ee AUGUSt OTF La, “ ot oh S9G8, ot PEN Eb epee meee tereay aA ub Ee $ojieoe Shen lo en we Pregident BORBt Po Tonngon cee Po iy announced 4QTROE] that certain BGSting Program and that they were safe for return te civilian VEGS. He COs,e0 UPOA VaYLougs interegted ygovarrument agenciss 6 scons oe dt A ape mo . Joon meet Fey 4 ied * COOPOLatG Ln che preparation and Laglementation of“ a redevelop- TRLS announcement Culminated a prolonged period of radioLOQLoal and Higleglecai surveys oy the Atomic Energy Commission ang & gpecific Loa? study to determine wheather the islands in Che AGL were safe for human habitation. Phe President's an~ HOuUnceMment was based upan a finding thah @upegure te rvadlanion nhat would likely rvegult from repatriation of the BLlkinid people does not offer & Significant threat: to their health and safety ang than these exposures may and should be reduced by taking BLKinL was acquiged by the U. &. Navy in 1946 and the per song then Living an the atoll, about 150 people, were relocated ywitimabtely on che island of Kili. J 4 The displaced Bikini people “ L4V@ been Locking forward hopefuliy te the time when they could return he their name Lglands. The Bikini pepulation now Living Rad csr] SEB % i he #B “ or fe + ; oe £4 mhce Land 3% : wean fr On Kis @mounts to ahout 350 persona and an aedditionad MAD SRDS @ Lagoon and ian ¢ ser iment of resources they “ desire or te which they we. . -ustomed os fee (oe obs hase non prov ded the Bikini peeple with the ec. ...G ene eroT COPY AVAILABLE ’