LTMG WITH AncsASSADGR WILLIAMS THROUGH THE EASTERN DISTRICTS THIS WEEK, AND WILL MEET wITH ENIWETOKESE LEADERS IN MAJURO THIS WEEKEND TO BEGIN D ISCUSSING ar PLANS FOR THE REHAGILITATION OF THE ATOLL AND TRE EVENTUAL ¢ Eneroy. ETURW. OF THE PEOPLE GF ENIWETOK TO THEIR FORMER HOME. Departmentte XXXXX I~) a MKS RABIO. WIRE) 7 . . : fice orian’s Off! _ Histon . ARCHIVES ) SAIPANs APRIL 184 (iNS)=--MARIANAS SENATOR OLYMPIONT. BORJA HAS Ef. APPOINTED CHAIRIGAN OF THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE CONCERNING RSHGELAP AisS UTIRIK ATOLLS IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDSe CREATED UiiDER RECENTLY ENACTED PUBLIC LAW 4C+33. THE COMMITTEE AS INITIAL HEARINGS ON Y TORY HIGH CCMNISSIONER EDWARD E~ JOHNSTON ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO RETURN ENIWETOK ATOLL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS TO THE TRUST TERRITORY AT THE END OF 1973. THE ANNOUNCEMENT weS IN LINE WITH STATESENTS MADE BY AMBASSADOR WILLIAMS DURING STATUS NEGCTIATIONS I HAWAIT LAST YEAR THAT UeSe DEFENSE LAND REQUIREMENTS Ix THE MARSHALL ISLANDS MIGHT GE REOUCEO FROM THEIR CURRENT LEVELS IN THE NEAR FUTURE» THE PEOPLE OF ENIWETOKs WHO WERE MOVED FROM THE HOME PAGE FIVE RUHGSAAG5S6 UNCLAS \ ISLANDS IN 1946 PRESE:JTLY OCCUPY UJELANG ATOLL» BUT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTICH TO RETURN TO. THEIR FORMER HOME = (MORED | 'SAIPANe APRIL 189 (iiS)---IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH MARSHALL ISLANDS DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR OSCAR DEBRUI TUESDAY AFTERNOON» HIGH Col AISSIONER JOHNSTON: INFORMED THE DISTAD ABOUT THE RETURN OF ENIWETOKe HE ALSO SAID DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER PETER Té COLEMAN WILL BE TRAVEL- @ 6% 18) ON SAIP4N»s UsSe AMBASSADOR FRANKLIN~HAYDN WILLIAMS AND TRUST TERRI i WNS RADIO VIRE) SAIPAN’ APRIL 18» (HiNS)---IN A JOINT STATENENT RELEASED TUESDAY (APRIL fy O md O