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THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
FOR MICRONESIAN STATUS NEGOTIATIONS
WASHINGTCN, D.C. 20240
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June 26, 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR
FROM:
Peter R.
SUBJECT:
ROZANNE
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RIDGWAY
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, subsequent to your departure
for Eastern Europe, 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
24-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 I departed for Guam to meet
with the Palauans.
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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 feels 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.
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