MEMORANDUM FOR: Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski The White House . opts FRCM: Rozanne L. Riccway, Chairman Micronesia Interagency Group cap /rar ae , ” ‘ nesian Nuclear Claims QO My 0 cq a ia] O Ud c, in C 4 WY oof 2 SICA . \ s . : . In response to the President's request, eomeetned—tn Dp ITE an eae, CIS Pacer ro to claims arising from the U.S. nuclear weapons testing program in the Northern Marshali Islands. gd Tn Section 177 of the Compact of Free Association, initialed by Ambassador Peter Rosenblatt and Marshall islands Hewaii, President Amata Kabua on January 14, 1980 in Kona, the United States Government (USG) accepts tne resconsibility for compensation for loss or damage to property and verson owing to citizens of the Marshall Tsilands, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), or Palau as a result of the USG nuclear testing program in the Northern Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958. See Appendix A, All known past and present claims should be a Separate agreement subordinate to the Compact. resolved in This agreement should be negotiated on a government-to-government basis with the Marshall Islands Government (MIG) on behalf of its citizens. Representatives of the affected peoples shall be allowed to participate in the negotiations. The separate agreement should include procedures: whereby the MIG shall present to the USG any future claims of its citizens deriving from presently unknown effects of exposure to radiation. A Nuclear Claims Delegation (NCD) composed of Single members from the Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations (OMSN) (chair) and the Departments of State, Defense, Interior, Energy and Justice would be established to negotiate this agreement with the MIG on behalf of its affected citizens. The NCD will be disestablished after the formal ratification of this agreement. DEPT. OF ENENCY CLASITIFIE INFORMATION (0 RD/?Rn/eo cn nee . a inva,2.001 00765, wwe E300) sacorach COORDINATE WITH: POS ==” ~~ BEFCRE DECLASSIPiCiTtO7SSLEAGR », AUTHORITY: Doz /sa-2900 BY H.R. SCHMIoT, cATE: MKocl—<dt 2pUAYIY 2 Ltn DLAI Fy