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Dear Dr.Leachmnan:
his is in reply to your letter of 23 April which just arrived, I will ankver
your questions in the order in which you asked then,
Le) The Snevetak People consider all islands as valuable assets for
é:ploitation of tie natural resources of Land end surrounding reols. This
inclu¢ess Bokaluo (Alice), “skanbako (Selle), and Louj (Clara), and -uklab
(f24.4). The correct se ninoLo-y. iy understanding is thatthese islands
have been devastated by the testing prograns.
This part of the atoll was the source for the major part of the shellris}
(tricacnidas) and other molluses, according to hnewsotak informants.
The islands which you cite, and the others in the araa reportedly furnished
vexyetable foods such as pandanus, arrour cot ana coconuts.
These, mc cil of the islands in the atoll will be exploited. A mibratory
Sort of excloitation vattern is folloued. Tne Leaders have stated thas
they want thrce porncsent villezes to be establisned, yhese wilt be on
Enjiebi, MKecren (Perry); and bpnewetak Islend., They plan to establish a
teaoorary villazs or workers! caizp on Japtan (David). 1 predict wnat this
WiLL also bocrm.se pomamente.
Teaporary houses will probably built on other islands within the atoll as
is the normaal practice. The Large asomt of surplus (salvage) building
materials that will ba
a.ailable to the people will facilitate this,
You are quite correct when you correlate tre increase in population, which
is the tronc of couvse, with Suture cccupaicy of isLonds not now being usoad
as villaze sites. Onc wuld have to see these isLmds, naned above, beYors
one could answer your cuestion as to vnethoy they would be "Worthwhile Lor
occucancy.!
FL segas to me, from whet I know of the siauation, vhat there
are suiriciont islands to taka care os the resiconce needs of the mewotak
People for the noxt decadc or So at Lensue ovrover this assumes that alk
of the islancs will be habitable, and Irce of ee net Ns
Of course if the population pretsure bocomes dn lense any island thatwill
Support Lice will be "worthsraLle for sccupsncy."
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