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Press Release, Subject: the President Announced Today That Plans Are Underway to Permit the People of Bikini to Return to Their Home Atoll in the Marshall Islands

Dated
Aug 12, 1968
Document type
Press release
Length
1 page
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Page 1

Office of the White House Pze6s Secretary The Ileiense Department has reported sfter a special study that the return of the neople is consistent with security requirements. There will be a , sites on the atoIl and there may izo2_2 time Lo time. These uses will not prevent the return of the people nor the re-establishment of their normal way of life. Zecz’use of the dense overgrowth of the iS~ar-ds ar, d the lack of any substantial quantity of foodstuffs growing on the atoll, an extensive clearing and replar.ting tile Zikinians can ret-~rn from. l<ili. r It is tb-e intent Of the United ~tates and t~.e Trust Territory Government tO work with. the Bikini people in building a modern and model community on their atoll.