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According to the joint announcement, it will be
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 announcement said,
“the United States is completing some research and
developmenttesting 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
rehabilitation process and will be completed by the end of
1973."
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From Palau ...
The M/V Pacifica left Koror late fast month for the
Southwest Islands of Palau District, on the regular field
trip. However this trip is a special one for the islanders of
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“Operation Southwest” by the district administration.
The reason is that the ship ts carrying materioais and
men to construct long-awaited public buildings at those
three locations. On board the ship are two prefabricated
dispensary buildings, one for Sonsorol and the other for
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The construction operation is the largest of its kinds
ever staged in Palau District. The M/V Pacifica is carrying
a team of ten men for each of the three islands. These
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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
the military Civic Action Team in Palau.
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The residents of Kayengel Atoll, about sixty miles
north of Koror, Palau, have seized another foreign fishing
vessel. It is the second time in less than a year that the
Kayengel Islanders have apprehended a ship for allegedly
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violating the waters around their islands,
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On September 16, 1971, the residents of Kayengal
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fishing within the three-mile limit, and her owacrs hed to
pay a substantial fine before the ship was ecledased,
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