RESETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE 1981 continued herent authority to protect its security and integrity." The decision also states that the Marshall Islands is “now a sovereign nation," and that the Kwajalein issue "involves policies...made by the highest levels of government and no individual citizen has standing to challenge it...only the Marshallese Govern- JUNE Enewetak: The Appropriations Com- mittee of the U.S. House of Representatives does not approve funds (estimated at $10 million) for the resettlement of Enjebi Island in northern Enewetak. ment can complain." JUNE Kwajalein: Atoll landowners, not included in negotiations that drafted the proposed Kwajalein base agreement between the U.S. and Marshall Islands governments, respond with a $-point resolution which states, "its members will not...grant any use of Kwajalein Atoll unless and until the Base Operating Rights Agreement...is limited to a term of 15 years," including a provision for review of the agreement every five years. Additionally, the resolution states future U.S. use of Kwajalein is contingent on "the development of a master plan to construct a decent Marshallese community on the Atoll, payment of full and fair compensation" for land used since 1944, and "agreement by the U.S. not to resume the search and seizure policy adopted --in May 1980," MARSHALLESE CHILDREN ON EBFYE ISLAND Photo by Monica Fadley The printing of the Marshall Islands Chronology was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Agape Foundation in San Framcisco. Our sincere thanks to the many people, too numerous to list, who contri- buted time, energy, information and funds to make the printing of this edition possible. Printed by Makda'ainana Mecia, Honolulu, Hawai'i S002b34