DOE ARCHIVES 12 However, I was also told that some of the people would want to be able to live on Kili, sible. even if a return to Bikini is pos- None of those with whom I spoke said that this was their Wish however, Apparently at least some of the former Bikinians have made an adjustment of sorts of Kili. I was also told, in connection with this, that even though some of the people wanted to live on Kili, everyone wants to go to Bikini first and see their nome atoli. In order to evaluate this properly one would have to interview the people now om Kili. This would be premature at this stage when the return of Bikini to its former inhabitants is not certain. On the basis of my past experience with the former Bikinians and my recent conversations and observations in the Marshalls, I believe that the majority of these people will want to return to Bikini. Those few who have established themselves on Majuro and Ebeye, with good jobs there, may very _ well want to live away from Bikini at least during their working life. A few others may see the advantage of living on Kili as long as only a small number of people share the natural resources of that island with tnem. Bikini will undoubtedly still be tne home base for all of these people however. An analagous situation can be seen in the populations of the otner Marshallese communities. This prediction is of course based upon the assumption that Bikini will be rehabilitated agriculturally, people can make a living there. so that the