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WRIKINY ATOLL IS PART OF THE MARSHALL ISLAND GROUP IN THE
TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ADMINISTERED BY THE
NITED STATES UNDER A TRUSTEESHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED
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"IN 1946 THE U.S, ASKED THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI FOR PERMISSION , —
TO USE THE ATOLL AS A TESTING- AREA,
THE PEOPLE AGREED TO
LEAVE BIKINI AND WERE ULTIMATELY SETTLED ON KILI ISLAND
EN THE SOUTHERN MARSHALLS,
“RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERFORMED BY THE UeS. ATOMIC ENERGY
COMMISSION IN 1968 SAID BIKINI WAS AGAIN SAFE FOR HUMAN
.HASITATION AND PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON ORDERED A
COMPLETE REHASILITATION OF THE ATOLL,
PLANS VERE MADE TO
CREATE A MOREL COMMUNITY ON THE ISLAND AND THEN RETURN THE
HIK{NTANS TG THEIR TRADITIONAL HOME,
-- *YHEN RESTORATION WORK BEGAN IN 1970, BIKINI ISLANDERS
FROM KILI WERE HIRED TO ASSIST IN THE. REHABILITATION
- PROJECT,
THEY GRAMUALLY BROUGHT THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER
RELATIVES TO BIKINI. IT IS THIS GROUP, NOW NUMBERING 145,
THAT. WILL BE REJOINED WITH THE 400 BIKINIANS ON KILI.
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“THE RELOCATION IS BEING DIRECTED BY MR, ADRIAN Pe WINKEL,
HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE TRUST TERRITORY, WITH THE
ISTANCE OF THE OFFICE OF TERRITORY AL AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERTOR,
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“LINGERING RADIATION WAS DISCOVERED ON BIKINI ISLAND WHEN
THE PEOPLE DECIDED IN 1974 TO HAVE SOME OF THE NEW HOUSES
eING BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT ERECTED IN THE INTERIOR PART
OF THEISLAND,
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