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Marshall Islands
April 13, 1964
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Dear President.Johnson:

In the IIai-shall.
Islandsj we have a hi; transportation problen. Thcreffi
re> in the case of %n~lap Atoll.ythe pelple are al.mst starved to death
liqenthere is no boat or field.trip to the atcll ~~lthintwo or three maths.
?!-i~5-slwcause the islm-’ms can no lon:e:
depend on their local foods
?x3cn!].se
t~e~raxe still poisoned. In fact, they de:~endcnly on forei~n
~npnrl-.e5
Yoodjkf.ichis veq~ hard for th~~ ‘;oV,uyon the account of their
Veq’ 10;:Salay:es,md above all only a few peolllcare hired because jobs
are YXW and l.inited.

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