i” “a (PAGETHREE) 7 - 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.