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The Community Development Project on Kili was terminated
some time after the typhoon.

It was not continued by the

community as far as I know.
Attempts by the Administration to obtain another location

for the displaced Bikinians have been abortive.
The economic difficulties of the former Bikini people
were alleviated when they were paid the sum of $325,000 by
the Government in exchange for the use of Bikini Atoll.

The

interest from the trust fund, into which $300,000 was placed
ip a quaranteed income wnich hlps the local economy.

This

will become less significant as the population increases, as

it has sitnce the fund was established in 1956.
Present Attitudes Toward Kili

The attitudes of Magistrate Juda, tne leader of the Kill
community, and of other leading people of the community with
whom I talked on Majuro, Kwajalein and Ebeye in connection
with the Bikini Atoll Survey,

seemed to be unchanged.

They still say that Kilt is ne good,

it is like a prison,

there 1s not enough food there, and the like.

The same objec-

tions wnich were made Over a decade ago are still made.

All

of the people whom i interviewed stated that they wanted to
return to Bikini to live.

They were all

very anxious about

the survey and what the results would be in terms of their
being allowed to return to Bikini or not.

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