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UNCLAS////EYES ONLY//// SECTION 1 OF 2
SINCE MARCH OF 1972, THE NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE HAS HAD
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INCREASING COMMITMENT TO AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTIONS PERTAINING
10 THE PROJECTED RETURN OF ENIWETOK - FIRST TO THE TRUST
“TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION AND LATER TO THE ENIWETOK PEOPLE
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THEMSELVES, BECAUSE OF THE REMOTE LOCATION, THE EXTREMELY COMPLEX
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TAKEN PLACE. MUCH OF THE TIME THAT ASSISTANT MANAGER, ROGER RAY,
HAS FOUND {TNECESSARY TO ACT UNDER A BROAD CHARTER OF AUTHORITY
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT WHICH WOULD NORMALLY BE PROVIDED BY
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