. . .-4 ~ Caer Nor i, at ., fo, t-%. « bs MICRONESIA}; S EGAL C SERVICES R PORATION ORP foe he n Le is le . YS AND MICRONESIAN COUNSELORS me , eft » 43 / my ue rw cee cearene ron - PONAPE OFFICE POST OFFICE BOX 57 —~— post orrice BOK 129 WESTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS S6940 DELSON EHMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANDREW FIGIRMAD FELIM EDWARD C. KING DEPUTY OIRECTOR HEMOS & JACK lOANES KANICHY JAMES LICKE ALAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR S ; ’ ‘SIONAG OLIVER G.RICKETSON BELHAIM SAKUMA DANIEL AQUING ALBERT FR SNYQER MICHAEL UNGER TONY VILLANUEVA COMPTROLLER POST OFFICE BOX B28 BAJURO SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANOS SES50 YAP OFFICE POST OFFICE BOX 0 POST OFFICE BOX 206 COLONIA, YAP EASTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS B4342 WESTERN CAROLINE iSLANOS 969423 nee ON REPLY VIA ALR MAIL TO “Marshalls NAHOY G. SELIFIS HAMLET J. GARRY. lit ALAN @. BURDICK TELEPHONE 5243 _ TRUK OFFICE ETD peewee DENNIS F.OLSEN ASSISTANT OIRECTOR MARIANAS GFFICE POST OFFICE BOX 376 MOEN, TRUK MaCMEEKIN ROMAN T.TUDELA 1 Y EASTERN CAACLINE ISLANDS 96941 MARSHALL ISLANCS 96960 — LIE@ERMAN DANIEL MacMEEKIN FOR ADMINISTRATION DOONE GIOEON FKOLONLA, PONAPE MARSHALLS OFFICE FITIAL LORENZO L.G. CABRERA -—— HANS WILIANDER SAMUEL WITHERS, II ta . TCLEPHONE 6226 PALAU OFFICE KOROR, PALAY J SHEODORE R. MITCHELL Gr CENTRAL OFFICE POST OFFICE BOX 826 Gy Le "SAIDAN MARIANA ISLANDS 96950 CABLE ADDRESS: MICROLEX é hy reat EP t Dore Cor LAW OFFICES OF 11 ™ Coe May 4 ' Office a a 411688 19 73 Ti A. A, REPOSITORY . Honorable Richard M. President . . Nixon United States of America The White House Wasington, D. C. * €@OLLECTION BOX No. FOLDER Dot History Divioon potion ont S aerials © ge Cr / Tob RG 326 “tommy M<Cra “ z Orne eet 4 4 ft ey he , eb (320 . = Dear President Nixon: This letter is writte en on behalf of the dispiaced_ peopleof BikiniAt Atoll, now residing_oniliisland,United’States‘Trust a. es ne aa ee of the past SeiteFears,SadSuEberings of the Bikini people, written with intention of placing the grievances of the Bikini people before the United States. This letter is most emphatically a petition for redress of the sufferings and exploitation of the Bikini people by the United States during the last 27 years. The suffering of the Bikini people began, as far as the United {States 1s concerned and responsible -- on January 24, 1946. On that date the Pentagon announced that the United States had selec- ted Bikini Atoll in the Northern Marshall Islands as the site of a series of atomic tests. Part of the requirements of the test program were that the test site be quite distant from all heavily populated areas, 500 miles from all air and sea routes, and unin- habited or containing only a few people who could be relocated. The "few people" in this case were the people of Bikini. They may have been "few" from the United States point of view, but from the Bikinians own point of view, they were all the people, not just a few. The decision of the Joint Chief of Staff made no mememtmitalior eutees or, | provision for the feelings, aspirations, or wishes of the "few", jit was simply unthinkable that so few could cr would defy the wishes of so many. BEST COPY AVAILABLE J