; re | ; € ijee.a, aeeedyl. cancel . . e am ued Aa de, | wn ae, al a4 ete. y att tay . . . we oe . i . jOU.Is es "send: aH), . Onucp:. ~~ mh, , ms wee . ‘ . cetam . tee " . aid Avett perme ‘ . born, . s ‘ - . % “" . t. , ‘ Ast {ou Nate {abe ay te . | | eo" . February 15, 1958 f Ye ye tu ee ‘ ee tt oh ete baka alt! ‘ Veabitery ' suaLk you for your reply to our. Levicrs concerning the people of their desire to return to Bikini o We Hepe the information you rceetved Loom the Offieo of Torrie csscd you as to the Killi problem. Dat as far as lope ark scorned, there wos nothing new in what they had to say. In ce, we have infosmation that may make more cloar the picture of these . people as we sec it. wo Want 0G reomphasize the Lazoon provlen cince this is the crux ns SLWEUIOn, oul will not So inte any celails except to suy shat our peeve us letvers give examples. vere we gould Like to“seake come coments and observations concerning the lebtor from the Office of Torritorics anda some other gonerai coments. t"s » tc C: Qa Ls. ere o oOeoit displacedé poopie forecd into a cingle Seleud exicvucnec, y choose to live on Megit? We whink this makes a big differS ‘to people's obtuse’ anc their accopbtance of the siiLUEBTLON o Phe next point explain tne Letics concerns whe Trust Fund et re . 3 <r tf TT. | | does sound Like u greav dGul of moncye 2 seu up for the iii neonie,.. | @he Pleid trip ship will aie shortly with *Une somleanimal interest Honeys cach person on Killi will receive cil of $12, Sa us if we ound impertinent, but with the cost of kerosenc at $1 a gallon we and ihe Killi people are not very immresscd. Also the payment of this money Gid not begin until 1957, ten years after they wore removed from Dikint. asain wo ave not impressed, morc Be | y oc” eo Be th oO ti: a 2 f. | a goverment sarang 4in the Kiili peeple Kildd is smaller than Diking; as a m-. thga the asland on Bikind where the people . sed Thany of the i se its proacfruit boa, . aa a. q,What intercst is 4 . 9 trees have pingelap discase - these trees : L 5° The island is now quarantin te ts *$ ) - =f Q B. *$ o> Bre +o ' cr oe coconut %trecs, of fact, it is smaller fn their main Virsage. A wick look at a hap comparing the two and you can see that there is a sromendous difference in land area, Cranted the people did not inhabit 2 = Xilli was BSurooyed all of the islands taro piants - wing hemos and Waal iitesest hed 7 a typhoon w t. E tar o7 ch+ eS a5 orament shown since then? ‘ ~ - Wwees and a o and oreadixn ih € f ch ble the |‘governnont < GQ help the pconle ocomusy ° ¢ Nol asnamed. | 328Cc c .te re0 fe ory .»~ 3yene Was there any arrears payors? Cc’ . t: . a a] + n a t's a bird island, « GiquestLeS Saeco rr coneennnS a in the leteor from the Office of Tesmiteries: ave the He 1 pte S$. > o o = . ' S unevinion in the arshal ls. There are only Live; including willi, are, Jabwot, Mej at, Lily, and Jomo, Theve ese no iutablitants on @ fr.°2$ oot ‘2 / : Q E 3 | ne vanelo isand such os Killi is not uncomion dn tiie Pacific, but C@ C'S "C4 ch tee Pa -— ROO & - Y ct ory ox to ai. of Bikini atoll, but the remaining islands were used for various ce ° . .