‘, siete feature of an atoll is that there is usually a pass or break between some of the islands, thus providing access to an excellent protected harbor. , The import of this information becomes clear when I tell you that Killi, the present hone of these people, is an island, a single island, not part of an atoll, and not linked to any other island in any way. Thus, all those advantazes of ‘atoll life are missing. small enough on an atoll, is much less, The land area, There is no protected fishing area, but only open ocean and surf pounding against a coral rock shore. Even when the surf is not too rouch and the men are able to cet their fragile canoes past the breakers and into the open sca, the results are ‘often disappointing or disastrous. I saw a canoe broken by the surf one day when a storm came up suddenly, are available here, No wars’, Lobster, or clams Thus these people are reduced to a slim diet.OL fish, rather than the rich seafood diet they oreviously enjoyed, The second major aspect people to receive goods. of the problem concerns the ability of these The lack of a lagoon means the lack of the — protected harbor which enables most Marshallese to unload their goods from.the field trip ship with comparatively little difficulty. an Oe nee Hat rereae ReBeefe wii AL, the Killi people are at a disadvantaze. Again They mist unload their goods on the open sea and negotiate them to shore through the breakers, In general, the ships! captains are reluctant even to stop at Killi ‘because of the danger to their smcll boats and outboard motors used for unloading goods, My husband and t lost at least $15 worth of our Supplies because the boats were swaped several times on the day we arrived. Toa nol oxauy rabing when Io say thab thease people have Lived nhappy lives for return to Bikini. twenty years, longing for the day when they might Their lives have even been temporary in the sence that they felt no urgency to improve their homes or to maintain their school and otther buildings, There has always been the fecling that the very next day’ they might get word thas they could roturn to Bikini. A lack fa real sense of the future and a parallel lack of real understanding of the intentions of the United States in record to their home atoll have increased their confusion as this state of affairs has not been resolved, t ,