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Office of the Legislative Counsel
Congress of Micronesia
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The Honorable Edward E. Johnston
BOX No.
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
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High Commissioner
Saipan, Mariana Islands
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Dear Mr. Johnston:
In view of the fact that House Bill No. 199, H.D. 1, has become
Public Law 4€-33, this office has now begun to undertake the
gathering of such general and specific background information as
is pertinent to the Committee's work in order for it to complete
an interim report by May 25, 1972 pursuant to said Public Law.
In addition to requiring information from the Trust Territory
Government, it appears that, due to the limited resources of the
Library of the Congress of Micronesia, we will also have to request
information from certain agencies and departments of the United
States Government.
While it would be most expeditious for this
office to write directly to the departments involved, Section 4,
Part II of Secretarial Order No. 2918 indicates that such direct
contact between the Government of the Trust Territory and the
U.S. Government should be initiated by the Office of the High
Commissioner.
Consequently--unless you feel that the Congress
would be within its prerogatives to seek such information as it
deems necessary by direct correspondence with the parties involved
-~-{I would like to respectfully request that your office supply
the office of the Legislative Counsel with the following informaction from the sources designated.
Office of the Attorney General of the Trust Territory:
1.
Copies of all use agreements in English and Marshallese between
and or involving the Departments of Defense and the Interior of the
United States, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the
people and/or rightful owners of Bikini and Ekiwetok Atolls relative
to the use of said atolls for the testing of atomic and nuclear
devices from 1946 to 1958;
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