OMSN-C19-80 411826 THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MICRONESIAN STATUS NEGOTIATIONS WASHINGTCN, D.C. 20240 “ May my ME RAH™ 8 cep! June 26, 1980 MEMORANDUM FOR FROM: Peter R. SUBJECT: ROZANNE wee? 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. (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 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. DOSree 20010005, TS