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OUOTE MICRONESIAN NEWS SERVICE AUG28 1975 REVISED: MAY )2, 1975 HA al q F PACN AVFACENGCON PEARL HARBOR HI DIRECToR COYTWELVE PASS INFO FOR A!$B WILLIAYS OTHER AYEMEASSY CANEERRA FOR PAC. ISL. MONTHLY (BIKINI ISLANDERS RETURN TO HOYE ISLAND DELAYED) EVALUATION OF TFE LATEST RADIOLOGICAL SURVFY* IT WAS CO::12UC’iZE1:; (ERDA) ON BIKINI ATOLL. AND SUl?-S~JRFACE FURSTS) IN THE PERIOD 1946-580 THE =IKINIA~~S TO COOPERATE IN PREPARING FOR tl{FIR RFTUR!J.
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FOR BIKINI ISLAND. SINCF TF?F PEOPLE OF EIKINI ATOLL TRADITICIiiALS.Y TO HAVE THE NEW SETTLEPENT STARTEE THERE wITH TEE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME RESTRICTIONS WERE-NEEDED AND CON’iIXUAL RADIOLOGICAL AS PART OF THE CON’IINUING PONI’TORING OF BIKINI ATOLL A SURVEY NEASURES RECO?!MENDED IN 1967 NAY REfJIJIREMODIFICATION. A STUEY OF THE JUNE 1975 DATA IS UNDERWAY AND DEFINITIVE RECOM?!ENDATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM iiOWo THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR$ WITH PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE. PACIFIC ISLANDS OF WHICH EIKINI ATOLL IS A PARTt HAS PEEN CONSTRUCTING THE FIRST PHASE OF T;fiENEW THAT THE FIRST OFFICIAL CONTI?dGENT WAITING ON KILI SHOULP DEL7>Y THEIR MOVE FENDING FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE RECENT RADIOLOGICAL DISTRICTS RZPRESEN’IATIVES OF ERDA AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI ARE SCHEDULrD TO DEPA.!T tfAJURO$ THE DISTRICT CENTERt THE FIRST WEEK OF S’FPTEYBER FOR KILI ISLAND. THERE ‘THEY WILL DISCUSS WITH THE EIKINI PEOPLE THE PRELIVINARY FINDINGS OF THE JUNE 1975 SURVEY PRIOR TO PNY RESETTLEVENT RECO!O!EiiDATIO[:S. ENEU ISLAND? WHICH LIES FOUR. YILES FROM BIKINI ISLAli12AiXD FORMS PART OF THE OVERALL HABITATION A.RFP.tHAS EEEN PLF.CED UKCER ANY RESTRICTIONSO FURTHER STUDIES ARE UNDER CONSIDERATIOiie txcuo’iE. PLEASE NoTE THAT THE ERAc~ET SIGN Is USFD IN LIEIJ oF A Oi;E IN TKE DISTRIBUTION DATE REVISION ON THE ORIGIN.4L SCRIPT. T~:Is ~FEA~~ To BE A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR AS SHOWN ON ‘THE SCRIPT HANDCARRIE12 ‘IO FASO FROh! BOB LAW, HONOLULU TRUST TERRITORY REPRESENTATIVE. THE BRACK=T SIGN IS LocATFD ON THE SP.VE TYPEWRITER KEY AS THE 1 At-iDIT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DATE IS NAY 129 1975 WHICH WAS TYPED AS ERACKE’I SIGN 2, BRACKET SIGN 975. ALSO PLSASE NOTE THAT THIS DATE IS A REVISION OF THE DISTRIBUTION FORMAT. ‘IHE DATE OF THE FRESS