SO OE SR ES WEAPONSTESTING ee 1972 continued partment agencies sponsoring PACE, but the EIS was not made available to the Enewetakese. in the Marshalls to conduct quarterly visits to Rongelap. Complete medical surveys are still conducted yearly at Rongelap and every three years at Uti- rik. “Our conclusion concerning the human test on the people of Ronge- dap is that it was a great mistake to permit the people of Rongelap to return to their island in July 1957, without sufficient work having been done to remove radioactive pollution from the island." Report of the Japanese medical survey team to the Marshall Isiands, December, 1971. JANUARY Kwajalein: A World Health Organization survey of Micronesia shows that during a five year period, 1967- 1971, there were "328 cases of cata- racts discharged from hospitals in the Trust Territory; 244 of them, or 742 were from the Marshalls." The report notes: "The heavy exposure to microwave radiation by the residents on Kwajalein has been suspected by some people as a possible cause of the inciden- ce of cataracts in the Marshalls." The SEPTEMBER Enewetak: The Enewetak people file a law suit to halt all PACE activities until the final Environmental Inpact Statement (EIS) is prepared, charging a violation of the National Environ- mental Policy Act provisions. source of microwave radiation is the atoll's missile tracking radar, with major installations on four islands and smaller ones on others. “xe MARCH 26 Ujelang: A NEPA required pub- OCTOBER Enewetak: A federal judge in lic hearing on PACE takes place on Ujelang (see baox:on page 30). temporary injunction against PACE activities. hearing, a second public hearing on FACE Honolulu grants the Enewetak people a NOVEMBER Rongelap: John Anjain's son, Lekoj, one year old when exposed to ra- ciation on Rongelap in 1954, dies of myelogenous leukemia at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. (At the age of 13, he was first taken to the U.S. for removal of thyroid nodules; his mother, father, and two brothers have also had thyroid surgery). APRIL 4 Enewetak: Following the Ujelang is held in Honolulu. Environmental groups, university students and faculty, lawyers, congressional representatives and other citizens testify in opposition to the PACE project. JUNE 8 Enewetak: The U.S.Air Force calls off the PACE program in the face of court action by the Enewetak people and aroused public opinion. Bikini man living on Kili: 1973 Ucirik/Rongelap: Because of the Marshallese insistence on improved medical treatment and evaluations, Bro- okhaven stations physician Knud Knudsen “Why is it you Americans are so smart and powerful that you can send men to the moon, but you can't help us with our problems here on Kili?" - 1974 MARCH With impetus gained fron the separate Marianas negotiations, the Marshall Islands Nitijela (Legislature) requests the U.S. to enter into direct Status talks with the Marshall Islands, apart from the Congress of Micronesia, which has been negotiating for all of Micronesia. In 1977, the U.S. begins separate political status negotiations with the Marshall Islands and Palau in addition to the Congress of Micronesia. (continued on page 26) Sie ee ee ee et ee 24 22 ee se