its position and declare that parts of Bikini Atoll can be safely resettled under reasonable conditions, the Bikinians would welcome this news. June 1, Until this occurs, they view the 1979 letters to them as the official and definitive U.S. position. The present circumstances have caused the Bikinians to initiate two actions we wish to bring to the attention of the Trusteeship Council. The first was to seek an independent scientific assessment of the recent U.S. of Bikini Atoll. radiological survey The second was to file a lawsuit two months ago seeking just compensation from the United States for the taking and destruction of Bikini Atoll and damages for breaches of fiduciary obligations owed to the Bikinians by the United States. III. Independent Scientific Assessment of U.S. Radiological Survey of Bikini Atoli Six years ago, in U.S. the people of Bikini brought a lawsuit Federal court seeking to stop the resettlement of Bikini until the United States conducted a thorough radiological survey of the atoll. that lawsuit, Pursuant to a court-approved agreement settling the United States agreed to conduct the radiological survey -~ and to permit the Bikinians to select an independent, non-U.S. government scientist to verify, survey results. vides as follows: review and assess the Paragraph 10 of the settlement agreement pro-