APPENDIX III
APPENDIX IIT
GAO DRAFT REPORT
“Observations on the Project to Cleanup,
Rehabilitate and Resettle Enewetax Atoll
The Department of the Interior administers the
Trest Territory of the Pacific Islands,
Enewetak Atoll.
including
The State Department has not become
directly involved in the cleanup projects for Bikini
or Enewetak which are the joint responsibility of
the Department of Defense,
Energy and Interior.
The
State Depaftment does, however, take an active roe
in the political status negotiations with the
'Micronesians.
The issue of post-trusteeship liability and
Claims resulting from the US nuclear testing program
has been raised in the status negotiations.
Detailed
provisions have not yet been discussed and it is
impossible at this time to determine what degree cf cetail
the US-Micronesian Compact of Free Association will
contain on this subject.
It is likely that the Marshall
Islands representative at the negotiations will seek
rather far-reaching assurances in this matter.
The Department of State will take into account
the recommendations contained in the GAO draft report
in the status negotiations.
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