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Kili Island. was an unfortunate chapter in the
United States relationship with the
Marsnallese. The people of Enewetak also were
later evacuated to a much smaller aroil. With
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fallout was recognized as a problem. However,
it was not until the ‘Bravo detonation in the
Castle Operation that the seriousness of high

Marshallese were dispiaced to other isiands in
that large atoll. The first Pacific test was
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and ‘Ivy’. These operations resuited in a lim-

ognized. Until a moratorium on atomic testing
in the Pacific was declared in 1958, 23 atomic
devices were tested at Bikini and 43 at
Enewetak Atoll.

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