additional 120, or 13%, live on Ejit Island in Majuro, and
most of ‘the rest live on Majuro, Kwajalein, Ailinglaplap
and Jaluit.
Moreover, it appears that some Bikinians may
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wish to live permanently on Kili or Ejit and not participate
in a rotation program to live on Eneu.
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The United States has always assumed that the
',** Bikinians would live "temporarily" on Kili until they could
return to Bikini.
If DOE projections are correct, that rea
turn to Bikini is at least several generations away.
Since
there will probably be a permanent Bikini population remaining
on Kili and Ejit,
there should be a program of permanent
rehabilitation of these islands.
For example,
the temporary
wooden housing that was built on Ejit and Kili during the past
two years will last for perhaps five or ten more years,
there is no typhoon.
assuming
The Bikini resettlement program should
provide permanent housing for the people,
similar to the sprayed
concrete houses which were recently built on Enewetak.
These,”
were the only buildings that survived the 1978 typhoon there.
Other steps should be taken to make living conditions
on Kili more tolerable.
and landing)
For example, an STOL (short-take-off
strip should be built on the island to accommodate
small aircraft, such as the airplanes recently purchased by
the Marshall Islands Government.
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