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Ambassador Peter R. Rosenblatt
Personal Representative of the
President of the United States
for Micronesian Status Negotiations
Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
20240
Dear Peter:
The Marshallese people have known the ravages of:
war first hand.
We appreciate and share the concerns raised
by Senators Jackson, Johnston and McClure that no third
country that is an enemy of the United States ever be per-
mitted to establish a military presence in our midst, directly
or indirectly.
With the understanding that the United States
will act in good faith and will not interfere with uses of our
territory, territorial waters and airspace that do not trulv
involve such danger and with deep appreciation for the reciprocal willingness of these Senators and their colleagues to
meet other of our concerns, we ure prepared to meet their
concern about perpetual denial.
We propose that their concerns and ours be dealt with by agreeing to the following
changes in the Compact of Free Association, initialled on
Januery 14, 1980:
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Add the phrase "Except for the provisions of
Title IV, which apply irrespective of the political status
of Palau,
the Marshall
Islands
or the Federated States
of Micronesia'™ at the beginning of both section 442 and
section 445 of the Compact of Free Association, initialled
on January 14, 1980.
The provisions would then read, in
part:
"Section
422
Except for the provisions of Title IV, which
apply irrespective of the political status of Palau,
the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of
Micronesia, this Compact may be terminated, etc."
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