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Divisionof %310gy and Iiedimlne At the requestof the State Departmentand with yonr approval. I joinedthe h,mwWmDelegation to the TNsteeship Council for the hearingof the report of the High Commissionerfor the Trust Territoriesof the Pacifioand for the conslderaLionof the petitionof the residentsof the I%xrshall.Islands. On arrivallast Tuesdayafternoon,July 6, I had a conference staff. It seemedreasonablyalearthat the Agenda of the but wouldbe concernedwith the other fispeotsof the TrustTerrlstatementwhich speal-ficallyrecognizedthat the matterof the the ‘husteeshipCouncil. Fbwcver,It was anticipatedthat in the mattersrelatingto test activitiesmight very wll arise. Mr. Wikiffts statementwas givenon Wdnesday and in the question periodwhich followedthe representativefrom India In a prolonged questionwhtch was in fact a speechfor tlm record askedfor informationabout the permanentdamagewhich had been done to the lands of the MarshallIslandsand the hasardswhtch had Leen establ.f,shd affectingthe lives of the inhabitants.Hr. Kidkiffrepliedthat the Informationwould be furnisheda littlelater,md thatnight A bloc. has been formedin the Tmsteeship Councilof co~mtiies antagonisticto the UnitedStates. These are led by the Inciisn representationand outstandinglycomprisedof the ..otietUnion %atlonof smallunits auahas Haiti. It is bhe obvi~s titent BEST COPY AVAILABLE
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of this group h wake the chargesthat the UnitedStates!US been unfaithfulto its trusteeshipagreement,that it has divertedlands ownedby the l@rshQlese to its own puxposes,that it has done so in a mannervhich is ills@. and in violationof its trusteeship charter. The Gnitnd WaLe8 t positionis firmlysupportedby the Dolegations from wlgium, Franceand UK especially.The detailed questioningof Mr. Midlciffon tht!reportof the Trust Territories occupiedall.of Thursdayso that the matterof the petitiondid not Commi.ttm is composedof the Delegationsof the SovietUnion,India, Am6mican DelegationbptMr. Searsmade it plain to the Counciland in such a manner as he might see fit, and thathe appearedas a in wh’ch his transportationcouldbe provided. Mr. Heinewas, therefore,invitedto the table as the ‘petitfon.er,W He was then bombardedparticularlyby the three communistsympathizingDelegationswith long and Involvedstatementspurportingto be questions in which ~ere buriedstatezaentspurportingto be expressionsof fact and which requiredconsiderableexplanationbofore Mr. Heinecould determinewhat the actualquestionswere. Thesewere obviouslysuch propagandastatementsthat in a somewhatheatedexchsngeF&. Seara bluntlyso charaoteriasdthem=and the Chairmanreceiveda complaint from the Indianrepresentativeof Er. ZearsI use of undiplomatic Strippedof the vast volumeof WO* chaff,the chargesmadewere: 1. The protisi.onain the Charterfor the separationof specif%c lsndsfor strategicand securitypuxposesdid not extmd to the use of suchlandsfor atasicand therm-nuclearexperiments. 2. The obligationsassumedby the U. 3. for tho protectionof the healthof the peopleand theirresourceswere incompatiblewith the use of Me Trwt Territoriesfor weaponsexperiments. 3. Thereis no legalbasis for the utilizationof landsfor ~uch The repliesto theseiiisubstsncewere basedcm the wordingof the cbarterand the)conceptof government whetheror not the governtig the rightof eminentdomain by which it may take and utilizethe
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the statamentthat the operationof a ~oving groundis an integral with the operationof a militarysystemfor stratigicand securitypurposes,and that such activitieswere not in contradictionto the requirementfor the maintenanceof healthml safetyof the peoplein th preservationof the natural resources. Tiwme were two aspectsof the same gentml problem and both had to be dxwrved. A motion picture film showing‘therdocaiion of the Utirikpeople and the move of the Ron@ap inhabitantsto theirtemirary Comittee afterths questionshave beenf#f#ished.This film is a very effectivetestimmy to the presentgood healthof the RongeXappeopleand the fine housiq whichHolmes& Namer have A seoond petition referringto therm-nuclearexperimentshas of ths UK. While I have not seamthe text of thispsti.tion,it changesin wordhg are made. The Committeeon Petitionshavingbea unableto ccaupleteits comaiderationof the ltarshallIskxis petition, adjourned until !kxxlay,July L2. The draftresolution will LO consi.dmxdonly afterthe detailedquestionson the Mirshall Islandsi petitionhave keen completed.