wit ras ere MYT... aes - a! EVACUATION OF NATIVES . de Ts the eastof Bikini,"between 166° end 1? east longitude” ot - fw mee bad od a gh gh we nf - Of sentene ‘se y ‘sede Ste |ee on ti oak ‘ae SEAM A Wai ey | -“and votveon 5° and Honorth Latitude, are sone 30.atolis and islands ‘of the Massel) chein. or these, 5 support native populations,_ vasying in size from an estimated 30 persons onWotho Ato11, south | - : and slightaycastof Bikini, te over 1000persons each on Tunjeleis, wis4 Taint, Yajuro ail Arne Atolls. “at ad. wk Sieg oe Kwajalein, in adaition to the °wR wy “native population, ‘is a “consi derabie force of U.S. nilitary personel,* . es predominantly Navy, based at U.S. Naval Station, Kwajalein. fo the : © ar BT: ‘ > ~ rhe ‘fat ll 34 ie ws. ‘ - + vest andsouth, of Bicint ant Enivetok ie & munber ofatolls with even” owe Mile te Tas tek aa el eye € teefergie eaeIST! wag og ve, oe 2 distence‘thea ‘the castor instants, however,axoept Ujelangdona,2 EE ore . Made SA oy fe RF Saret ry = eh Set 35 Se eves Seeet - of the | ot =33 . * ra -- saree “ Iamnde,in Honoiuls. ‘The Mareball Telands:‘arey under the District. “. ee af * wise Adatnictraterwhosehe sdquarters iss at Maju. dt Kwajalein4 Atoll.ie “, “Hi yy «v . oo . 8 aDistrict‘Adsinistrator'sRepresentative, located on Theye Teles’. veal . 3. Ob re .- the safety of these populated atolls hes alweys been an’ . ‘mportant factorfor consider tion 4during tests at the Pocitic Proving| Gromds. As the‘size of devices detonated has increased, t the Poe . sible hacard ‘to the natives from radioactive fallout has become a — matter of increasing concern. Prior to MIKE shot, during Operation w sat ae . ty wee ang 11 naan Mai tition. vn, NS a a hy ot . i, ‘ . Ay . er . - interior ‘sone.tae Haea Commistoner of. the.rust territory, Foctfie: on os VEY ina Pi Lon Paes : i dad fe ROM 3 te seghe oon -_., me‘atolls areyAdministere a ty.‘the’‘Gs. Departuent ‘a my setts 2ra,agin © Ps pats ? Ath ae " aoe: A < he v IVY, the natives at Ujelang Atoll were taken on board an LST as a adits fn 4k q + * 5 gy nea hE nb z 2 ‘TRS qm woe S vhich itesabout135milestothe southest of Tnivetor. “Bebabtat s a TMT «fy s sareerative populations. au of these are at. a considerably greater._ NIP inet SL LST ae