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From the point of view of the UnitedStatesthe most Importamt item on the agendaof the reoentlyconoludedFourteenthSe8elonof % the uee of their islands,which are amongthe Pacific waapona. In the Counoilthe UnitedStateBsecuredthe adoptionby our continuingsuch teBts in the Territory, A Sovietresolution which would have recommendedthat we diecontlnuethe teeteaas well aa an Indianresolutionwhlah would have soughtan advisorgopinlom from the InternationalCourt of Justiceon the legalityof oonduotingsuch tests in the Trust Territory,were both declBiVelY cludesthe matter. The IndianDelegationhas statedthat it will place an item on the agendaof the Ninth GeneralAssemblywhereby %he Assemblywould seek the Court16opinionon the legalityof our using the Trust Territoryfor these teet8. Furthermore, information the consequencesof the radioactivetall-outafterthe teat of Naroh 1, 1954,which causeddamageto the health end propertyof will have to be Includedin the UnitedStateareportto the United Nationaon its administrationof the Trust Territory for the period the Governmentrealizethat this problem18 a oontlnuingone which $-uture.I shouldllke to emphaeizetwo aspeotsof the problemwhicb xet be followedup promptlyand dealtwith satisfactorilyif we axa to minimizepossiblefuturerepercussionsof this issuethat could be damagingto United Statesinterests, First of all, we cannotafforda recurrenceof the acoident which cauBed injury to a number of ?4arshallese as well as Americana and Japar.eBe. We have formally and publicly undertaken to take every precaution agai.netrecurrence of thi8 type of disaster. Should there be a repetition of the aaoident, we might have difficulty in obtaining the uupport of even our oloseat Allies In the UnitedNat10n6 In our attempt to Ju8tMy the continuation of nuclear experiments in the TrustTerritoryand in allayingCrltlciu o? thie Government for the additional harm which they would hew caused. lhoreover,therewould probablybe considerablecriticismla this countryam well. n The secondimportantmatterrelatesto our undertakingsto compensate adequately the peoples of the TrustTerritorywho as a
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health, property or capaoityto gain a livelihood. One a%peotof thle questionrelatesto compensationdue the Bikinipeople,who were removedfrom theirhome islandin 1946. The slownessin making a settlementof the compensationpromisedthesepeople ie critiaiamIS heightenedby the faot that conditionson Kill Island where they have been resettledare not satisfactoryto the Bikin-. Wweover, this 18 the eecondresettlementoahemethat has proved oausedby the hydrogenbomb tests,just compensationhas been promisedto the Rongelapand Uterikpeoplesaffeoted. There iE no doubt that attentionwill be focusedin the TrueteeahlpCouncil next year on the questionof whetherjust end prompt settlements “lavebeen made to thesepeople. I urge that theBe settlementsbs workedout and made forthwith. It 18 my duty to place on recordthe aboveproblemsand to suggestthat all agenciesof the Governmentconcernedbe made fully aware of the need for dealingwith them promptlyand effectivelyso that the United States will not be placedat a disadvantagein the UnitedNationson a matter vital to our aecurlty.