CMSN-C19-80 TOL ‘ 411806 a THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE poe ide & FOR MICRONESIAN STATUS NEGOTIATIONS WASHINGT“. 3.C. sad 20240 cP June 26, 1980 weit? MEMORANDUM FOR ROZANNE RIDGWAY FROM: Peter R. SUBJECT: Rosenblatt Proposed Solution to the "Denial" Issue Arising out of June 3 Hearing Before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (U) On Thursday, June 12, for Eastern Europe, subsequent to your departure several of us met with Senators Johnston and McClure to explore further the denial issue which they raised at the June 3 hearing. Don Gregg's memcon, Of which an additional copy is attached for your convenience, accurately summarizes what transpired at the meeting. The bottom line was that the Senators remained adamant and a nearly 2-hour meeting with them produced little evidence of any real flexibility in their position. Micronesian counsel were informed of the outcome of the meeting and on the next day my associates and With the Palauans. [ departed for Guam to meet (C) On Friday, June 13, subsequent to my departure, MIG counsel Richard Copaken lunched with Senate Energy Committee counsel, Jim Beirne. Beirne confirmed to Copaken that Senators Johnston and McClure were adamant on the denial issue and would oppose the Compact for so long as it failed to provide for permanent denial. Copaken explains that he feeis the Senators’ support is absolutely essential if the Compact is to be approved by Congress. He concluded that Senator Johnston, in particular, would not be moved by any of the countervailing considerations that affect the Administration's position--the future of Kwajalein, the need to terminate the trusteeship, the attitudes of the Micronesian peoples, etc. He therefore decided that it would be necessary to reach some kind of accommodation with Senators Johnston and McClure. DOSprem 20010005, : 4a 1