However, since only
a limited number of copies (100) of that report were printed, and since other
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of the Congress of Micronesia under Public Law No. 4C-33 have already been
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creation of the Special Joint Committee Concerning Rongelap and Utirik Atolls
He had invited the team, he said, because the peoples of Rongelap
and Utirik had become suspicious that the AEC-sponsored team was not
them properly, as indicated in the preceding section.
treating
His idea was to invite
the Japanese team in order to provide comparative medical opinions.
In November,
1971, Representative Balos attempted to secure permission for the entry of the
Japanese from the Trust Territory Government.
By December no answer had been
received, and the Japanese in their impatience to come, entered the Trust
Territory with tourist permits, hoping to straighten out their status after
arrival.
No small amount of confusion then ensued.
First, the acting Attorney
General ruled that they did not appear to be a bona fide medical survey team
and thus cables flew back and forth between Majuro and Saipan.
Finally, the
acting Attorney General reversed his approach and ruled that the group was
indeed a research team, but because they had entered under a tourist permit
could not change their status and would have to return to Japan.
This they did,
without completing any extensive examinations.
On January 26, 1972, during the Second Regular Session of the Fourth Congress
of Micronesia, in Palau District, Congressman Balos delivered a speech on the
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whose representative district live the Rongelapese, had invited a Japanese
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The Interim Report indicated that in 1971, Congressman Ataji Balos in
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developments have transpired since that time, the Committee feels a brief