will show it to be safe.
test results
They understand that the recent
are preliminary, -and they hope that resettlement
on Eneu will prove to be possible.
Mr.
Chairman, we cannot describe the sorrow felt by
our people as they learned -- with bitter disappointment -that they must once again leave Bikini.
dictory statements of the U.S.
Despite the contra-
Government over the last ten
years, the people of Bikini have begun to understand the
situation they face.
They have told us that if the upcoming
eon oe SAA’ ORL
tests show that our people will not be able to live on Bikini
or Eneu for the next 40 or 50 years,
the people living on
Bikini-are-prepared to relocate to Kili and Jaluit.
A move to Kili,
however,
and the establishment of
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Kili as a permanent home for the next two generations of
Bikinians cannot come withouthelp from the U.S.
’
‘develop Kili as a functional,
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Government to
liveable community.
’
For almost
30 years, we have lived on Kili thinking each year that we
will move to Bikini the next year.
of 50 more years on Kili,
plan in longer terms.
reefand no lagoon,
As we face the possibility
it is clear that we must think and
As you know,
Kili is an island with no
and access to the island is verydifficult
for most of the year.
Faced with these conditions,-our people
haveenot processed copra in large quantities because boats visit
the island rarely.
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Months frequently go by without a visit from
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