‘Kabua Proposes Bikini N-Dump Strike, Bombs Hit Belau Confrontation Looms in Belau Ponape Unhappy With Feichsk Move Reagan Cuts Worry Outer Islands Marshall Islands Chronolocy another Nuclear Cover-Up “oo Un tn &) le TABLE QF CONTENTS The Compact: Who Votes on What? Kwajalein Showdown Brewing 9 uu’ The United Nations, May 1981 Marshallzse Speak Out 15 19 Coupor 21 The Compact: Meeting Uncle Sam‘s Needs Micro news Notes 13 21 Thanks to Janice Vitarelli for the drawing on page 5. POLITICAL STATUS TALKS AVAIT REAGAN REVIEW As we go to press, New York friends re- port that the Reagan administration's interagency review canmittee has completed its policy review of the Compact of Free Association and sent a report to the President, There are no indications, however, when Reagan will publicly state his policy towards “icronesia and the Compact which was initialled in October and Noveaber 1980, Formal negotiations, already spanning 12 years, have been stalled since last year, pending the outcome of the review. On another front, Interior Secretary James Watt has selected Pedro SanJuan as assistant secretary for territorial and inter- national affairs. San Juan, described as "a veteran diplomat, linguist "and foreign eco- nomics expert,’ will be in a key policy and articles on defense and poiitical status issues, and other projetts. The only overhead costs are the rent and telephsone; our single largest cost is postage, MSC's financial report.is available on request. We encourage you to write us with your comments and suggestions about articles in this issue and/or suggestions for future issues. Also, please send us news clippings and other imformation you come across that related to Micronesia and the Pacific -material you provide us with may be the piec of information we needed to complete a story RENEW TODAY Have you renewed your MSC Bulletin subscription? If not, why not do it today? ($S per year for individuals; $10 a year for level position in charge of American terri- organizations/institutims ~ see coupon on In June, Islands and the Trust Territory. jeaders of U.S. Pacific territories criti- Bulletin. tories, including Guam, Samoa, the Virgin cized Reagan's lack of a Pacific policy, noting that San Juan has no background in racific issues. San Juan, in adaition to speaking nine languages, has held several other important posts, including assistant president of the znter-American Development Bank, and deputy carector for policy planning in the Defense Depawtment's bureau of international security. Reagan has appointed Janet McCoy, a Reagan campaign worker with “strongRepublican Party ties, to be the new T.T. High Commissioner, replacing Adricn Winkle. Her confirmation hearings are scheduled for October. creo mtmemoenw eo Our thanks go out to all the people who have been sending us contributions, toth large and small, during the summer. Everyone is both greatly needed and appreciated! MSC, since its formation in 1975, has been encdrely volunteer run. So your donations ea directly to our projects: publishing the Luilletin, producing and duplicating educational slide shows, pudlishing special reports such as the Marshall Islands Chrono- .oxy (see rage 6), oes "aeranala In intermnitreut mailings M4 new an anand ~ a ee page 23.) Your financial support makes it possible for MSC to keep publishing the The Pacific Concerns Resource Center in Honolulu was established with the support of the more than 55 delegates to the Nuclear Free Pacific Conference/1980 representing 1? Pacific and Pacific Rim countries and territories. The PCRC, moving into its second year of operation, provides an invaluable resource service with information on nuclear, environmental, independence, military and other issues effecting the Pacific Since 1975, the Micronesia Support Committee has, to the best of its abiliry, provided resources on a variety of Pacific issues to our readers. Now that the PCRC is functioning, with ite major emphasis on information dissemination, it will be hand- ling requests for resource material. MSC is working closely with the Center to insure that all available resources on the Pacific area are catalogued at the Center. To give an idea of some of the material available’ through the PCRC, enclosed is a partial re- source sheet. For further information, anc a complete resource list, write to the PCKC at P. O. Box 27692, Honolulu, Hawaii, n4e«o..7 ttm “em sn ean