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RILLO!’ING IS PROPOSD INTERIOR PJ?ESS RELEASE ON BIKINIS IT PITOPS NOTE: THE MARSHALL ISLAW?S ARE WEST OF THE INTERI HEALTH MAZADnS AS A RESULT OF NUCLEAR ?ESTI NG CONDUCTED
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WIKItJI ATOLL Is PART OF THE MARSHALL ISLAND GROUP IN THE TMJ%T TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ADMINISTERED BY THE IWITED STATES UNDER A TRUSTEESHIP AGREEMENTWITH THE UNITEB To USE THE ATOLL AS i TESTING- AREA. THE PEOPLE AGREED TO t13vMIssItlN IN 1968 S&IT) BIKINI WAS AGAIN SAFE FOR HUMAN - ‘cJYIIPLETEREHA?31LITATIW4 OF THE ATOLL~~Al~s VERE MADE TO - *JHEN RESTORATION WORK BEGAN IN 19700 BIKINI ISLAHDERS WO?KILI WERE XI??ED TO ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION T6NCE OF THE OFFICE OF TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF *LINGERING RADIATION WAS DI&C(lVER~ ON BIKINI ISLAM) WHEN IWE PEOPLE DECIDED IN 1974 TO HAVE S(33E OF THE NEW H9USES FEING ?3UILT BY THE GOVERNMENTERECTED IN THE INTERIOR PART
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“=l!WE INLAND AREAS HAD NOT BEEN CONSIDERED FOR RESIDENTIAL Ft)LL WAOIOLOGICAL SURVEY BEFORE THE START OF INLAND CONSINCE 1972 4ND AFTER T!iE !975 SURVEY THEY WERE CAUTIONED ‘FISH IN THE VATERS AROUNDBIKINI ARE THOUGti TO SE SAFE “R5GLJLAR HEALTH MONITORING IN APRIL OF THIS-YEAR REVEALED IW INCREASE IN THE “LEVEL OF CESIUM-137 IN THE B@)IES OF “T?fT POTENTIAL DANGER IS CONSIDERED TO BE MUCH MORE ‘ SERIOUS FOR . YOUNG PEOPLE AN!) SINCE NEARLY HALF OF THE HLAN~s CURRENT RESIDENTS AQE UNDER FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE, “ FA!?LY F?ELOCUTION OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION VAS GIVEN A HIGH PRIORITY BY ‘TRUST TERRITORY AND ~NTERIOR DEPARTMENT RtKINI TO REPORT THE HEALTH MONITORING FINDINGS TO THE
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RHNG CONSTRUCTEDTHERE BY THE TRUST TERRITORY GOVERN?IENTO IWUST 11, TO WE= WITH THE ISLANDERS AND ASSURE THEY THAT WE RELOCATION WAS NECESSARY FOR HEALTH REASONS* JOSEPH & ENERGY, USING A9VANCED TECHNOLOGYTHAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY ~ !WRl? ACCURATE AND RELIABLE THAN THAT AVAILABLE FOR THE AT~CRA~* IT WAS RECENTLY USED TO SURVEY ENEWETAK ATOLL- ‘P?EANwtiILE, SOCIAL ANTI ECONtMIC CONDITIONS ON KILX ARE FEING CAREFULLY EKAMINE?3 AND EVERY EFFORT IS EEING MADE HTNIMAL !) IRRUPTION TO THEIR LIFKTYLE AND CULTURE. ,-
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“PLANs” FOR T!fE’ PERMANENTRESETTLEMENT OF THE BIKINI WH!?EE SHIPS WILL SAIL FRfW MAJURO TO BIKINI TO TRANSPORT THE PEOPLE AND THEIR POSSESSIONS TO I(ILI ISLAND* ~ THE SHIPS TO ‘O!3SERVE ANP REPORT ON THE RELOCATION,
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