Tas > Zeder, Interior, in the Autnorizty $2laly Prom the and chain by of other persons, command of the exercised by him as Government of the including Department of the High Commissioner is United States and is derived an exercise t2 Uns authority of the United States in the Trust Territory. Defendant vonnston officially resides on Saipan, in the Mariana Islands, part or tne Trust Territory. 2“. Defendant Oscar DeBrum is District Administrator of the varsnall Islands District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Tslanas. As District Administrator, defendant DeBrum is the principal executive officiel in the government of the Marshall Islands district. Derentent DeBrum was appointed to his position by the High Commissioner, 23 sucject to the supervision and direction of, and control by, the QO mmissioner, cmmissioner. and serves at the pleasure of the High Defendant DeBrum is a citizen of the Trust Territory and a resident of Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands District of the Trust Territory. 15. Scazves. Defendant Gerald R. Ford is the President of the United As President, defendant Ford is successor to former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who ordered the commencement of the Bikini resettlement program. Defendant Ford is the only federal oPlicial with executive authority over all government agencies tnvolved in the Bikini resettlement program. In addition, defendant Ford has constitutional responsibility for the faithful execution of tne laws and treaties of the United States, including the Trusteeshin Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands. mssident Ford cfficially resides in Washington, D.C. STATEMENT OF THE CASE 16, Ttlenis, Bikini Atoll is located in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall norch of the Equator, in the west-central part of the