discharge this responsivliity.
other agencies of

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die vepartucut vl

the Lnitcd States Government

the Interior will call upon

tu assist

dt,

porticojartly the

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Department of Energy, $0 a> tu assure that, among other thires,

the medical

needs of the current residents of Bikini Island continue to vet...

Il.

Because Kili Island has, until recent weeks, been regarded as

solely a temporary relocation site for the people of Bikini,

the Governments

have never undertaken to construct permanent facilities there, nor to improve
significantly any of the existing Kili facilities.

It is now known chat

10.

Bikini Island will not be fit for human habitation for decades to come, and

ll.

on the basis of the most recent scientific information,

12.

Island,

13.

the circumstances,

14.

will choose to remain on Kili indefinitely, and the Governments will accord-

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it appears that Eneu

in the Bikini Atoll, will also be unavailable for settiemene.

In

the Governments understund that soma of the Bikini people

ingly undertake a program for the permanent rehabilitation of ,Killi.

16.
17.
18.

III.

It is not yet possible to develop a permanent relocation plan

for the people of Bikini.

That plan must await completion of the aerial/

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19.

radiological survey that is now underway, and that ts expected to be com-

20.

pleted no later than the early weeks of 1979.

21.

are available and evaluated, and when any remaining scientific tests found

22.

necessary are also completed, all of which developments are expected to
occur in the firse months of 1979,

When those survey results

it will be possible to identify safe

24.

telocation sites.

25.

with the people of Kili

26.

who will by then have relocated there), plan in detail for the relocation

27.

of such Kili residents as choose to move elsewhere, affording to them a

28.

choice among the passible relecarion sites.

29.

Kili will be uccuummodated there.

30.

The Governments will then, following full consultation
(including the current residents of Bikini Island

Those who choose to remain on

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