RESETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE and housed by the U.S.Navy on Aomon and Bijire Islands in Enewetak Atoll. Excerpt from the United Nations Trusteeship Agreement for the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Article 6--"In discharging its obligations under Article 76(b) of the Charter, the administering authority (U.S.) shall: 2. promote the economic advancement and self-sufficiency of the inhabitants, and to this end shall regulate the use of the natural resources; encourage the develor-. i 1946 JANUARY Bikini: Washington, D.C. officials select Bikini Atoll for the first series of nuclear bomb tests and its population of 167 must be moved immediately. FEBRUARY Bikini: One month after the decision was made in Washington, D.C. to use Bikini Atoll for nuclearexperi~ ments, the military governor of the Marshalls obtains the consent of Bikini's paramount chief for the relocation ment of fisheries, agriculture, and industries; protect the inhabitants against the loss of their dands and resources; and improve the means of transportation and communication; 3. promote the social advance- of his people. The American military governor informs the Bikinians that the scientists are experimenting with nuclear bombs "...for the good of mankind and to end all world wars." The Bikinians, with no alternative, agree to leave their home. ment of the inhabitants, and to this end shall protect the rights and fundamental freedoms of all elements of the population without discrimination; protect the health of the inhabitants..." 1944 FEBRUARY Enewetak: United States forces attack and overcome major Japanese fortificaticns én Enewetak Atoll | after heavy pre-invasion bombardment in which some Marshallese are killed. See *, “es . *, « «: we ° , pe DMEY FEBRUARY Kwajalein: U.S. forces capture merchaiis trot penape TeOTT TEgarrery heavy fighting. Americans recruit Mar- THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISTANDS (MICRONESIA) COVERS A LAND AND OCEAN AREA OF THREE MILLION SQUARE MILES. shallese to remove battle debris and build warehouses, air strips, air craft hangers and other military facilities on Kwajalein Island. Families join Marshallese workers at Kwajalein labor camp. iP MARCH Bikini: As the Bikinians prepare ' to leave, approximately 250 naval ships, Kwajalein: The world’s largest atoll is 150 aircraft for observation and transmade up of approximately 93 tiny coral port and thousands of military and sciislands that encircle an 839 square entific personnel begin arriving for mile ocean lagoon. Total land area of Operation CROSSROADS. 93 islands is only 6.64 square miles. MARCH Bikini: Because the Americans said 1945 Enewetak: The Americans build a runway, barracks, warehouses and other base facilities to carrv on the Pacific war. The Enewetak people are fed,clothed 5 that Bikini would be returned to its people at the conclusion of the tests, the Bikinians believe their move ig (continued on page 7) ee ee ee! Kwajalein Atoll from the Japanese after