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PEOPLE AFFECTED; AND AFTER HAVING MET THE PEOPLE WiO WERE ACTUALLY
AFFECTED BY THIS BOMB, I HAVE HORE THA] JUST SIMPLE SYMPATHY FOR
THESE PEOPLE.
I HAVE AN EMOTION WHICH IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO
DESCRIBE, AND THE ONLY WAY ALL OF US CAN APPROXIMATELY UNDERSTAND THIS
EMOTION IS TO IMAGINE FOR A BRIEF, UNBEARABLE MOMENT HOW WE WOULD
PEEL LF OUR SON OR DAUGHTER WERE TO DIE AS TIE RESULT OF THE NEGLIGENCE
OF ANOTHER PERSON, OR IF OUR FAMILIES WERE TO BE MADE SICK AND WORRY
ABOUT THEIR FUTURE HEALTI] BECAUSE OF THE FAULT OF ANOTHER PERSON.
MR.
PRESIDENT,
[I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.
I
COULD GO INTO GREAT DETAIL IN DESCRIBING THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF TUE
RONGELAPESE WHO WERE DISPFIGURED BY RADIATION BURNS BECAUSE OF THIS
NEGLIGENCE,
AND WOST POIGNANTLY TI COULD DESCRIBE IN GREAT DETAIL
THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH SHOW UR.
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AT THE BEDSIDE OF HIS DYING
SON,
HOWEVER, MR.
EMOTIONS.
PRESIDENT,
IT IS NOT MY DUTY TO SPEAK OF UNSPEAKABLE
IT LS MY DUTY, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WRONG WHICH WAS BEEN VISTTED UPON OUR:
INNOCENT BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO, THE FOURTH CONGRESS OF MICRONESIA
‘SAW FIT TO CREATE BY ENACTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW NO. 4C-33, A SPECIAL
JOINT COMMITTEE CONCERNING RONGELAP AND UTIRIK ATOLLS.
COMMITTEE WAS MANDATED TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
GENERAL AREAS:
THIS
IN TWO
INJURY AND MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE RONGELAPESE
AND UTIRIKESE, AND COMPENSATION TOR THOSE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE FULFILLED
THE FIRST PART OF THE MANDATE BY SUBMISSION OF OUR REPORT A YEAR AGO ;
AND WE NOW CONCLUDE THE REMAINING PART OF THAT MANDATE BY SUBMISSION
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