-6LIMI Cink USE (the previous agreement provided $120,000 annually)._ It also provides, upon eventual resettlement af the Mid-Corridor, for land Clearance and construction of dwellings at Army expense. In addition, those displaced from the Mid-Ccrridor currently are given rent-free use of quarters on Ebeye Island. The agreement is to be reviewed every five years for possible "changed conditions." The Delegation, if the Mid-Corridor subject is raised, should point out that this arrangement is generous in view of the relativel small number of people evacuated from the Mid-Corridor area. '. The United States will continue to review the possibility of returning the people of the Mid-Corridor Islands to their homes. As soon as it is safe to do so, this will be done. Ebeye As for the situation in Ebeye, the Delegation may draw on the following: . a Ebeye is a small island of about 76 acres three miles to the north of Kwajalein Isiand in Kwajalein Atoll. Virtually the entire Marshallese population of Kwajalein Atoll lives on Ebeye, as well as substantial number of Marshallese who have been attractec to Kwajalein by hopes of employment or through the excitement of living near the facility. The result has been that the population of Ebeye has increased drastically and the island is now highly - congested. Ebeye's population (estimated to be between 4,000 and 4,500) is in excess of available housing under normal occupancy conditions. Efforts by the Trust Territory Administration to encourage voluntary resettlement have not been successful. - As a result cf an Interior-Army agreement reached several years ago, the Aimy has constructed on Ebeye a total of 308 housing units, a salt water sewer system, an electrical power plant, public works warehouses and a water distribution system. Current plans call for improved health, education, recreational and other services for the Ebeye people. Johnston Island ‘If this subject is raised, the Delesation.-may point out that this Island is not part of the Trust Ter-:‘itory. Regarding the chemical munition of this Island, the De’.egation should note the remoteness of the Island and state categorically that there is no hazard of any sort to the people of Micronesia or for that matter, to the people of Hawaii which is much closer to Johnston -Island. . . PFICI L USE Fr 3S 20F- Palen