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Rongelap people will not be able to return to their homes for a year,
Nearly
every one in this village suffered injury from the fallout from the Hydrogen
bomb cloud.
Almost all have recovered,
They will be removed in early June
to Ejit in the Mjuro Atoll.
Ejit is a 14 acre lush Island,
building a complete villages.
On it the /AFC/ Force is
The United States will provide for them through-
out their stay there.
But
dp 30 year o1d Magistrate and icader of Rongelap, said in
an interview:
Mr people don't feel good about net going home.
We fear we may have
fate of Bikini,"
The Bikinians, Heniz said, “were given a rav deal,"
A&A lagoon people, the 2CO Bikinians were foourzed/ ghufficd from island
to island until finelly put on isolated Kili -- an island which many monthe
oc the year is inaccessible because of heavy surf.
Heine and several Americans in the trust ter:itory said the Bilcizianc are
not happy as they feel like they have beer rut in jail,
The petition was signed by the Holdover Committee of the Marshall islend
Congress,
The 12 man committee is empowered to act for the Congress in between
sessiors,
It is made up of 6 from the Asseuwbiy end 5 from the House of IROJI
(Lords).
Heine, Member and spokesman for the Committee, steadfastly [denies thet
any/ Seidno American knew or took part in drafting the petiticn to the United
Nations.
He said:
"We spent a month working on it.
We purposely did not
let Mister Neas (Acting District Administrator Maynard Neas) or others (in the
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