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1972 continued
partment agencies sponsoring PACE, but
the EIS was not made available to the
Enewetakese.
in the Marshalls to conduct quarterly
visits to Rongelap.
Complete medical
surveys are still conducted yearly at
Rongelap and every three years at Uti-
rik.
“Our conclusion concerning the
human test on the people of Ronge-
dap is that it was a great mistake
to permit the people of Rongelap
to return to their island in July
1957, without sufficient work having been done to remove radioactive
pollution from the island."
Report of the Japanese medical
survey team to the Marshall
Isiands, December, 1971.
JANUARY Kwajalein: A World Health Organization survey of Micronesia shows
that during a five year period, 1967-
1971, there were "328 cases of cata-
racts discharged from hospitals in the
Trust Territory; 244 of them, or 742
were from the Marshalls."
The report
notes: "The heavy exposure to microwave radiation by the residents on Kwajalein has been suspected by some people as a possible cause of the inciden-
ce of cataracts in the Marshalls." The
SEPTEMBER Enewetak: The Enewetak people
file a law suit to halt all PACE activities until the final Environmental Inpact Statement (EIS) is prepared, charging a violation of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act provisions.
source of microwave radiation is the
atoll's missile tracking radar, with
major installations on four islands and
smaller ones on others.
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MARCH 26 Ujelang: A NEPA required pub-
OCTOBER Enewetak: A federal judge in
lic hearing on PACE takes place on Ujelang (see baox:on page 30).
temporary injunction against PACE activities.
hearing, a second public hearing on FACE
Honolulu grants the Enewetak people a
NOVEMBER Rongelap: John Anjain's son,
Lekoj, one year old when exposed to ra-
ciation on Rongelap in 1954, dies of
myelogenous leukemia at the National
Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.
(At the age of 13, he was first taken
to the U.S. for removal of thyroid nodules; his mother, father, and two
brothers have also had thyroid surgery).
APRIL 4 Enewetak: Following the Ujelang
is held in Honolulu.
Environmental
groups, university students and faculty,
lawyers, congressional representatives
and other citizens testify in opposition
to the PACE project.
JUNE 8 Enewetak: The U.S.Air Force calls
off the PACE program in the face of
court action by the Enewetak people and
aroused public opinion.
Bikini man living on Kili:
1973 Ucirik/Rongelap: Because of
the Marshallese insistence on improved
medical treatment and evaluations, Bro-
okhaven stations physician Knud Knudsen
“Why is it you Americans are so
smart and powerful that you can
send men to the moon, but you can't
help us with our problems here on
Kili?"
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1974
MARCH With impetus gained fron the separate Marianas negotiations, the
Marshall Islands Nitijela (Legislature) requests the U.S. to enter into direct
Status talks with the Marshall Islands, apart from the Congress of Micronesia,
which has been negotiating for all of Micronesia. In 1977, the U.S. begins
separate political status negotiations with the Marshall Islands and Palau in
addition to the Congress of Micronesia.
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