discharge this responsivliity.
other agencies of
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die vepartucut vl
the Lnitcd States Government
the Interior will call upon
tu assist
dt,
porticojartly the
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Department of Energy, $0 a> tu assure that, among other thires,
the medical
needs of the current residents of Bikini Island continue to vet...
Il.
Because Kili Island has, until recent weeks, been regarded as
solely a temporary relocation site for the people of Bikini,
the Governments
have never undertaken to construct permanent facilities there, nor to improve
significantly any of the existing Kili facilities.
It is now known chat
10.
Bikini Island will not be fit for human habitation for decades to come, and
ll.
on the basis of the most recent scientific information,
12.
Island,
13.
the circumstances,
14.
will choose to remain on Kili indefinitely, and the Governments will accord-
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it appears that Eneu
in the Bikini Atoll, will also be unavailable for settiemene.
In
the Governments understund that soma of the Bikini people
ingly undertake a program for the permanent rehabilitation of ,Killi.
16.
17.
18.
III.
It is not yet possible to develop a permanent relocation plan
for the people of Bikini.
That plan must await completion of the aerial/
4
19.
radiological survey that is now underway, and that ts expected to be com-
20.
pleted no later than the early weeks of 1979.
21.
are available and evaluated, and when any remaining scientific tests found
22.
necessary are also completed, all of which developments are expected to
occur in the firse months of 1979,
When those survey results
it will be possible to identify safe
24.
telocation sites.
25.
with the people of Kili
26.
who will by then have relocated there), plan in detail for the relocation
27.
of such Kili residents as choose to move elsewhere, affording to them a
28.
choice among the passible relecarion sites.
29.
Kili will be uccuummodated there.
30.
The Governments will then, following full consultation
(including the current residents of Bikini Island
Those who choose to remain on