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4, DECISION FOR SUCH ACTION WOULD
HAVE TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AND WOULD
NOT BE WITHIN THE RESOURCES OF THE TASK
FORCE,
SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE WOULD BE
REQUIRED,
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C, TO EXERCISE CONTROL OF. NATIVE POPULATIONS
BY COLLECTING THEM IN GROUPS OF MANAGEABLE SIZE
ON THEIR HOME ISLANDS AND ATOLLS AND PLACING
THEM UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF TASK
FORCE AND/OR TRUST TERRITORY PERSONNEL,
THIS
APPROACH WOULD INVOLVE AN EARLY VISIT TO EACH
SEPARATE INHABITED ISLAND AND PRACTICALLY EVERY
ISIAND OF INHABITED ATOLLS BY REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE TRUST TERRITORY AND THE TASK FORCE,
‘THIS
{OULD PERMIT THE TRUST TERRITORY REPRESENTATIVES
TO BXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO THE INHABITANTS AND
“TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE TO BEGIN
THEIR CONCENTRATIONS AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME IN
THE FUTURE.
A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO SHOT TIME,
SUFFICIENT TASK FORCE AND/OR TRUST TERRITORY
PERSONNEL WOULD BE PLACED AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS
AND PROVIDED WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT
THE NATIVES WERE CONGREGATED, AND, AT SHOT TIME,
THAT THEIR EYES WERE SHIELDED,
ALL THESE ACTIONS
WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WORKING IN CLOSE COOPERATION
WITH NATIVE CHIEFS WHOSE SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING
WOULD BE ESSENTIAL,
CONSIDERATIONS FAVORING THIS
COURSE OF ACTION ARE:
1. IT IS ALSO A POSITIVE ACTION FROM A
MORAL AND POLITICAL, AS WELL AS A PHYSICAL
STANDPOINT, WHICH COULD, IF THE NATIVES
COOPERATE, PROVIDE FULI. PROTECTION.
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