DOE ARCHIVES
grew in large numbers on Bikini.
were,
Breadfruit and bananas
I understand rare as was taro,
One can safely assume
trt if local foods are available the people will eat them,
as well as imported foods.
The people of Bikini enjoy both
kinds of food and will not let any of it go to waste.
Although the Bikinians will want to visit all of the
islands and islets in the atoll, and to exploit their natural
resources,
I believe that if any of
these areas were found
to be hazardous because of remaining radiation the people
would comply with restrictions which would be necessary.
This
should be a matter of local policing by the community itself.
A thorough explanation should be made to the entire community,
so that the reasons for imposing such restrictions would be
clearly understood and appreciated by everyone.
procedure should apply to any
This same
restrictions against eating cer-
tain food produced on Bikini.
The genetic pool of the Bikini people has changed since
the move twenty years ago.
Increased contact with other
Marshallese has resulted in out marriages.
this trend will continue.
It is probable that
There will probably be more travel
between Bikini ahd other parts of the Marshalls.
Ebeye and
Majuro will be focal points for these movements, as will
Kili,
if people returm there to live,
There will probably be
considerable travel between Bikini and neighboring Rongelap,
with whom a good number of tne Bikini people have kinship ties,
t can be expected tnat more of the young people will be absent