DOE ARCHIVES in Elkini. 14 This situation should be kept in mind in planning for any future negotiations concerning Bikini.4 Bikini Atoll Today and Its Economic Potential I will not go into details of the condition of Bikini today. These have been covered in my daily log and in Agriculturist James Hiyane's final report of the Bikini Survey. A few salient points should be made here however. The coconut trees and other food-bearing trees and plants have been almost completely destroyed. Most of the islands have become overgrown with vegetation. The potential agricultural areas will have to be cleared and completely replanted. This will be a formidable task, which wiil extend over a long period of time. outlined a preposed program to accomplish this. Mr. Hiyane has I concur with Hiyane but think the scale of the program should be greater. All available areas of the atoll] as quickly as possible. should be cleared ara planted This will hasten the relocation of the cxiled Bikxinians on tneir home atoll and in the long run wiil be more cconomical. The large islands of Bikini, greatest economic potential. islands, Encu, and Nam have the They were the main copra-producing and the main sources of vegetable foods in the past. Tne smaller islands toward the southwest, Enedrik, 4 were also valuable such as Aer&k&jJ and sources of copra and food plants in See Tobin, J.A., The Bikini Peopic, Past and Present, Majuro, Marshall Islands, October 1952, for more detailed information.