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The Rainbow Warrior Saga. Part 2: Nuclear Refugees in the Pacific – the Evacuation of Rongelap

Summary by asiapacificreport.nz
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret agents in Auckland harbour on 10 July 1985 the ship had evacuated the entire population of 320 from Rongelap in the Marshall Islands. After conducting dozens of above-ground nuclear explosions, the US government had left the population in conditions that suggested the islanders were being used as guinea pigs to gain knowledge of the effect…
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e-tangata.co.nz broke the news in on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
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