ACL?
STATEMENT
OF UNDERSTANDING
ON THE PART OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
AND THE COVERNMENT OF THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC 1SLANDS
|
CONCERNING THE
MOVE OF THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI
\—.
On August ll,
1978,
AUGUST,
the Deputy Undersecretary,
the Office of Territoria]
Affairs,
Island ra Kila
island,
residents.
and
The purpese
th:
forthcoming
cto respend
tions und bear concerns put to then by the people of Bikini Island.
had carliec, on August 7,
held a similar mecting with
Bikini whe now reside on Kili.
of the Pacific Islands, Adrian P. Winkel,
dl.
in Saipan from joining in the visit
12.
with
ta qurs-
They
former residents of
The High Commissioner «fF
10.
and
Van Cleve,
their meeting *as to convey information on the subjecre of
move by tiie peaple of Bikini
of che
Wallace Green,
Ruth G.
journeyed cto Bikini Island to meet with its current
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the Undersecretary of the Department
Interior, James A. Joseph,
the Director of
ISLAND,
the Yrust Territory
had been prevented by bad weather
to Bikini
Island,
but he had egarldivr mee
the peuple of Bikini, as well as with other Bikinians on Kili.
13.
14.
In 1946,
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16.
nuclear
17.
first
S.
the people of Bikini were removed from their atoll by
Navy in order to enable the United States to use the acol]
testing program which lasted until 1958.
to Rongerik,
1960's,
then
In che early 1970's,
ang fae Cihdnd
the atoll] and a rehabilitation program was
seme Bikini
people wore empleved
beiand population inevessed to epprenimaieldy
to alarming proportions,
April,
CF
i
cs
melo
Listed
CL
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Sar pepe
the major islands of the atoll.
jn
and a major feeding progran
1978 surveys showed that
the proderct
wis an dan.
the intake of radionuclides hy the people living an EBiniri
increased
tuted.
Tn the date
it appeared that levels of radiation on Bikini atell were such chat
Beginning in 1969, a clean-up of
1977,
for a
The islamlers were moved
to Kwajalein, and ultimately to Sili.
the people could return to and use a number of
gegun.
the
dn
island bau
was insti-
the feeding program had not
resulted
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