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‘them@Om, Micronesia. There are a lot of competent Americans who could
replace them. who do they think they are turning down the wishes Iofthe
‘Microhesianpeople? I don’t think they have the right to do that. These
are Q“UXislands. They have been here only a short time. Mr. Speaker, 1’”
really don’t think that this kind of thing should be allowed. Who in the
hell do they think they are to turn down the wishes of our people? Nowt
~~WMr,Speaker, ~ am going to deliver my speech.
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‘Mr. Speaker and honorable colleagues, on behalf of two 9rcW~s of.
‘our’~onstituents,I rise today to express their sincere
appreciation and
gra&tude for the ready understanding antimoral eupport that this Congress “c
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ha~:+i the past unhesitatingly extended to them. On their behalf I also
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be”se,ech
this Congress to not forget them in the future but to continue
stic~;generousunderstanding and support for them.
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# “The people I am speaking for are our constituents from the islands
~(of
Rongelap and Utirik in the Marshalls. AS you know, these Micronesians
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;ar’kthe.brothers and sisters who were exposed to and have since been
‘ ~’suffii:ingthe effects of atomic radiation emanating from the 1954 hydrogen ‘[
Ii’bombtfea,tinBikini by our Administering Authority.
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‘, “~,~,Speaker, while I am not in possession of conclusive evidence
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prova it ,tothis House, I am now convinced that the United States
‘kn~ingly”and consciously allowed the people of Rongelap and Utirik to
be:t%cposedto the 1954 fallout. Tl)iswas done to the Rongelapese and
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“%bitiikeseso that the United States could use them as human 9uinea Pi9s ‘
~~~h’tie development of its medical Capabilities
tO tXf3at i~S citizenS
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might;be exposed to radiation in the event of war with en enemy country.
t ‘Thi&~.is.a
crime unmatched in peacetime.
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,It is now 18 years since the beastly crime against all humanity
and~the people of Micronesia was committed but the ~inner who professes
“tQ be the nust decent nation on earth has conveniently and successfully
‘:’;swept
it under the rug of deception and secrecy. simple justice begs,ioz
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We truth.
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‘We
are
~old
that
the
radioactive
fallout
on
these
people
was
an
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accident caused by a shift of winds, tio dots the United States interid
“<’to fool with this sort of statement? The reason, it is written, why BikinL :
“was ,chosen tis the site of the atomic tests was that few people would be
“affected, This is an acknowledgment that the United States knew that
.’t~bse people would be exposed to the fallout. Moreover, Rongelap and Uti~~k
‘:Tarewithin 300 miles from Bikini and surely the tlni~cdStates kricwthat ,
:“theseislands were within the range of the fallout. I callrlot
nt,lphut
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this
was
a
@anneal
accident.
And
I
also
see
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affair tainted with racism, The United ScaLes chose to mahe guinea pi’gs
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.out”gf’’ourpeople because they are not white but some brown naci’resin
- E,omixemote Pacific islands.
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‘.. “Although these people could never be adequately”compens:tcd for””
.t$t?ircontribution to American medical science, they have been given
“’pitifully small monetary
compensation.
About
80 Rongelapese have xecoived
$800’,000and all the 159 Utirikese have been prdmised a meager $16,000. ,
l’wel{ty..lree
Japanese fishermen
of the ‘Lucky Dragon’ who were also
exflbsedto the fallout were y~.v?ri
L=#omillion dollars, x ask--am ,.
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j.ivcs WO:CL5 lCSS CjI~II~hOSO Of otiIer peQplcs7
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