European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes sunday january 23,1994 . Deceived islanders on nuke tests official claims Majuro Marshall islands a the foreign minister accused the . Government Friday of deceiving Marshall islanders about the effects of nuclear radiation from . Bomb tests to minimize compensation payments. During the 1980s, the Marshall Island sought detailed information on the extent of radiation poisoning from . Nuclear tests conducted from 1946-62 on Enewetak and Bikini atolls foreign minister Tom Kisiner said. The . Government said 239 Island ers had been affected by the tests but said it had no further information. Kisiner accused the . Government of minimizing the effects of the tests and cited the recent disclosure by the .department of Energy that americans were used As unwitting Guinea pigs for irradiation experiments. Rep. George Miller d-calif., has writ ten to president Clinton and . Energy Secretary Hazel r. O Leary with Evi Dence that Marshall islanders were deliberately exposed to nuclear fallout. The Marshall islands has the highest rate of thyroid tutors in the world apparently As a result of exposure to linger ing radiation. Miller said in his letter that the rates on the islands May be 100 times a Pacific Ocean . Bomb tests
