is administered by a special trusteeship organization, actually under the Department of Interior now. formerly under the Navy. It was As such, it is responsible to the United Nations and under the original terms, the United States held the right to withdraw such lands as might be necessary for strategic and security purposes, but beyond that, to administer the whole area for the benefit of the people concerned, Alderson Reporting Company Washington, D. C. Bikini, of course, was separated from the islands 10 of free access before the trusteeship agreement was reached, 11 Eniwetok was separated about that time. 12 commitments that the United States entered into voluntarily 13 at that time, 14 by the United Nations Trusteeship Council. 15 there was unanimous approval of the trusteeship Now we find that this is being used as one af the 16 weapons in the war of maneuver. 17 petition, which was sent 18 at Hajuro, 19 the United States has been 20 trustee; that it has deliberately destroyed lands belonging 21 . 22 23 ARC 24 25 Department of Ener i Histericn’s Cifies 5 h Saeed ta a de ad TP PAE wr ety ~e But in view of the The Marshall Islands in by a group, particularly is used as a club now to establish a case that to the people governed; false to its obligations as a that it has injured them in a series of experiments where, quoting various Congressmen and high American officials, we documented that not only did the meteorologists find themselves unable to predict anything, but the scientists were unable to anticipate what would happe n; ‘ 5