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Sikini people who now reside on Kili md desire to effect their im~etiatere-kun io their ho~.eaioll. As you are no doubt aware, islazndcrsto 3ikini. A news report of this action appeared in the includcciir.the tori-es~owieaceT.%ichSenator Case provided you is a .copy 01 a letter froz this Dep&.Abl.L...U.--+.--t~Gffice of Territoriesdated that letter, wiiichwas intemledto indicatethe exlmene concern which the Ei@ Commissioner.md we l=ve for the Bikini people, as ing an orderly solutionto the pm-oler.. Let me exqmd somvhat on the latter point. Recognizingthe desire of tineibrr.cr Bikini people to return to their home atoll, we have been at.teupiin:to proceed on .sstq-by-stepbasis. First, it is a health stan+oint, for tke peo?le to rekui-nto Bikini. As noted that cmprise the atoll to dct.c.=~ncwhtlner a people who have been ful life there. The field wcik 20Y t>.~sstudy was conductedby the .4tomicEaer~ Coxissicn lest Ayil and the months since then have been used for a careful and Faixtakin~ ar.alysisof the data rqort. The amlyscs iirz not yet cm:>letd and it is, thercfoi-e, it is ~ioyr~~fe for these ymple to rctmm to 2ikini. We have not yet it on info=t~on which has since been pzoven to be unx-eliable. y BEST COPY AVAILABLE.
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We regret that in the Bikini people that realize or that, at best, will take some our part, we shall continue to press for the earliest possible date. apparently encouraged and may be impossible to months to achieve. For an orderly solution at Assistant Secretary of the Interior United States Senate