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to the joint announcement, it will be
necessary to carry out the same type of survey, cleanup
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and rehabilitation procedures that have been used at
Bikini. “As an initial step,” the announcement said, “the
U.S. plans to commence the survey of the atoll probably
fate this summer. The cleanup and rehabilitation of the
three islands--Parry, Japtan and Aniyaanii-in the
southeastern part of the atoll, will receive first priority.”
Prior -to the return of Eniwetok to Trust Territory
jurisdiction by the end of 1973, the announcementseid,
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From Palau ...
The M/V Pacifica left Koror late last month for th
Southwest Islands of Palau District, on the regular fie!c
trip. However this trip is a special one for the islanders o
Sonsorol, Tobi, and Pulo Anna, and has been cibbec
“Operation Southwest” by the district administration,
The reason is that the ship is carrying materials anc
men to construct long-awaited public buildings at thos:
three locations. On board the ship are two prefabricatec
dispensary buildings, one for Sonsoro! and the other for
Tobi, and a municipal building for the island of Pulo
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ever staged in Palau District. The M/V Pacifica is carrying
a team of ten men for each of the three islands. These
teams will assist in unloading the supplies, and will then
remain on the islands for about five to six weeks
completing construction of the buildings, The teams are
composed of men from the District Public Works
Department, the Community Development Division, and
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The residents of Kayenge! Atoll, ebout sixty miles
north of Koror, Palau, have seized another forcign fishing
vessel, {t is the second time in fess than a year that the
Kayengel tslanders have apprehended a ship for allegedly
violating the waters around their islands.
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“the United States is completing some research and
development testing on the atoll which will not involve
nuclear detonations of any type. These tests will in no
way interfere with an early commencement of the
sehabilitation process and will be completed by the end of
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The latest incident occurred when a boat flying a
Nationalist Chinese flag was spotted within the three-milc
limit, apparently fishing. The residents who sav the boat
notified a Trust Territory Government boat which was
doing channel blasting in the vicinity, and the government
boat picked up the Magistrate and several men from the
village. Together they boarded the Chincse ship, seized her
for violation of territorial waters, and held her uniil
district officials could arrive,
On September 16, 1971, the residents of Kayunegel
seized an Okinawan ship within their territorial waters.
That ship wes later found guilty of illegal entry and
fishing within the three-mile limit, and her owners hid to
pay a substantial fine before the ship was celuased,