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AWARE OF ITS PROBLEM OF NOT HAVING BEEN FULLY INFORMED ON ALL THE
ASPECTS OF °*RADIATION DANGER IN ENEWETAK, BUT WE SHALL ENDEAVOR TO
SEEK FURTHER AND BROADER KNOWLEDGE SO WE MAY BE HELPFUL TO YOU.
DESPITE THESE UNCERTAINTIES, WE HAVE NO RESERVATION IN INFORMING
YOU THAT ENEWETAK ATOLL AND THE ISLANDS DESIGNATED FOR YOUR RESETTLEMENT ARE NOT, AND WILL NOT FOR A LONG TIME, BE ONE HUNDRED
PER CENT SAFE FOR YOUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF YOUR GENERATIONS TO.
COME.
THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE DOSE ASSESSMENT MEETINGS WHERE YOU
WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION RISK AND, MOST
IMPORTANTLY ,-THE CONTROLLED AND DISCIPLINED CONDITIONS UNDER
WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO DRASTICALLY ADJUST YOUR LIVING STYLES.
THD OLD, FREE AND BEAUTIFUL ENEWETAK THAT YOUR ELDERS KNEW AND LOVED
HAS FAR GONE.
IT IS NCW A FOMELAND , SCARRED BY WAR, DEFACED BY
NUCLEAR OBLITERATION, AND IN THE CASE OF RUNIT, FOREVER CONDEMNED.
FORTUNATELY, SOME OF ITS FAMILIAR SCENERY AND CHARMS HAVE SURVIVED
ALL THESE NIGHTMARES. A REHARIJ.L'TATION PROGRAM BY THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY TO REMOVE HAZARDOUS brvric or YESTERDAY HAS PROGRESSED
WELL AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY NXT YEAR.
HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THE RESETTI ENT SITES.
MODERN EDIFICES AND HOMES
ENEWETAK TODAY IS A
DIFFERENT HOMELAND, WHICH IN *)"T FROUTRFS YOU TO CONFORM TO THE
DICTATES OF YOUR NEW ENVIRONI‘"] ' AND C'ANGE YOUR LIVING HABITS
IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
BUT TO TI'OSR OF YOU WHO LOVE NATURE AND
THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF LIVING, YOU WILL FIND THAT MUCH HAS BEEN
LOST, AND MORE CRITICALLY, MUCI] OF YOUR FREEDOM WILL BE CURTAILCD
BECAUSE MUCH OF YOUR DOMAIN HAS BECOME UNSUITABLE FCR THE FULL
ENJOYMENT OF ISLAND LIVING TI{AT YOU USND TO KNOW.