Srrnads day bseisers PO CSN PLD becaest VI Aas 21 bod Opal Atpenicha + Mg Mayas Med srw (OOO sunsUpwnrh , (Enclosure 3). You will note that $2,000,/rather than $1,000 had been forwarded and that a per diem rate of $27.00/day was arbitrarily set as an unique exemption ee forthis group of examinees. I asked the secretary for a copy of the message. _ She explained to me that the Xerox machines throughout the area were broken and — therefore she made a handwritten copy of the message, gave me the original copy and put the handwritten copy in Oscar de Brum'’s personal file. With this assurance that $2,000.00 was on its way via the complex Bank of America route, I went to the manager of the bank and asked what procedure should be instituted to pick up those funds and make them available for the claimants. He explained that the check would be addressed to me personally and that he would require a letter of assignment from me to the government of the Marshall Islands. I therefore requested an interview with the Minister of Finance and discovered that he had resigned a few days prior (Enclosure 4). A new Minister of Finance had been appointed and I was able to contact him and his assistant, Grant Labaum, on the following day. After lengthy discussions and negotiations it was decided that I should complete a letter of assignment(Enc.4A) assigning the check to the Nitijela general fund and that all per diem claimants would be processed through the Trust Territory Finance Office. I suggested that since this was a "special case" with a finite amount of money specifically for per diem, that a separate account should be established. The Finance Office stated that this would be impossible. Therefore it went into the General Fund. When our party finally departed on Friday, the check had still not arrived and I was unaware of the total payment of claimants who would be handled under this special announcement. Vis ts TTL far alegre tale A Masur Uo als ieee 5, _ -