RESETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE 1947 continued OCTOBER Rongerik: Navy officials an- mounce the Bikinians will be moved to Ujelang, the western-most atoll in the Marshalls. NOVEMBER 22 Ujelang: Ten Bikini men and 20 Navy Seabees go to Ujelang and begin construction of a new village. DECEMBER 2 Enewetak: The Navy announces that Enewetak Atoll will be used for the second series of nuclear tests, and its inhabitants mist be moved immediate- - Fj ly. inhabited Ujelang, and the Bikinians remain at Rongerik, despite having built housing at Ujelang. Ujelang: The atoll has only one-third the land area of Enewetak's 2.26 square miles and a much smaller lagoon: 25 miles compared to Enewetak's 390 square miles. 1948 JANUARY Rongerik: University of Hawaii anthropologist Leonerd Mason arrives on Rongerik to independently assess the situation for the Trust Territory High Commissioner... THE BIKINIANS ARE MOVED INTO A TEMPORARY TENT CAMP ON KWAJALEIN FOR SIX MONTES DURING 1948, AS THEY LOOK FOR A NEW HOME. Photo by Leonard Mason ~~ FEBRUARY Rongerik: During Dr. Mason's second week on Rongerik, he is joined by a Trust Territory representative who immediately notifies the administration of the critical conditions. Within 24 hours, a medical officer and food are flown to Rongerik. After examining the Bikinians, the doctor states their condition to be that of a starving people. MARCH 14 Rongerik: The Bikinians are evacuated from Rongerik and taken to a temporary camp at the Navy base on Kwajalein. The Rongerik resettlement attempt has laSted two years and one week. APRIL Kwajalein: A search begins for an alternative resettlement site for the Bikinians. JUNE 1 Kwajalein: After consideration of several atolls, the Bikini people vote in favor of moving to Kili Island, primarily because it is uninhabited and not ml celedicatedfol controlled by a paramount chief. SEPTEMBER Kili: An advance party of 24 Bikini men and 8 Seabees arrive on Kili THE BIKINIANS, STARVING ON RONGERIK ATOLL, ARE EVACUATED A SECOND TIME BY THE NAVY IN 1948. a 9002004 to begin construction of a new village. ~ Because of rough seas, lumber, roofing and tools for constructing the village have to be brought ashore on rafts. (continued on page 11) ‘ DECEMBER 21] Enewetak: The 145 people of Enewetak are quickly relocated to un-