, PLAY HOUSE JOURNAL ~~ 26th DAY Ar aware of A/D 69-1. Indeed, the Immigration Officer pointed out -+9r that virtually every person in Majuro who had been granted non-tourist or,yisitor status had probably enter (sic) Micronesia initially as a 'eBurist.' The Distad agreed that Bowles' decision was less than . ar ‘12, te ' Cee : candid and fair and tacitly agreed to allow the Japanese to remain "un£t¥ a more satisfactory resolution of the issue could be obtained: -e decision was based on unknown legal technicalities and failed to take into acount the political and diplomatic factors of the situation. Rep. Balos stated in his response to Bowles’ cable that if the “aAt’ this point, Sen. Kabua cabled Bowles, insisting that his tote ‘- ~ ‘ : Japanese were not allowed to visit the islands, he would encourage ° the exclusion of Dr. Robert Cohard and the ‘AEC until the matter of” -the Japanese could be cleared up. Senator Kabua received a response -from the AG on Pec. 10 or 11. It stated vaguely that his decision was necessary to protect the immigration security of the Terzitory and the diplomatic sources in Japan and Washington had been consulted before the decision had been made. We received no further clarifi~_ cation of : %. a | , : ee : 4 oe . + "lu & » an Lt esurmner,. conéuct the survey, they would be willing to return, perhaps next i . th Tone . The Japanese were extremely “KXatsushige Murayama, the translator for the team, agreed to’ , : decisién. aot Provide us with copies of all the press coverage from Jepen. He @lso indicated that if we could succeed in obtaining permission to! ee Moe the A/D 69-1 impatient throughout these negotiations since they had limited funds’ and limited time to devote to she enterprise. On Wed. Dec. 15th, they determined to leave the next day. That evening, they invited Atajie_ myself and Sanator Kabua to a farewell dinner, to thank us for the . 'waliant' efforts we had maGe on their behalf, . y : es re LE, . ~ - "The issue at the juncture is whether we should proceed to appeal the AG decision of Dec. 13 ~ ihis was the date of receipt of the final denial of our application. Sec. 58 z2llows appeal within 15 days o> th date of the decision by the HiCom or his delegate. I will consult?further with Rep. Balos and seek advice and connentary | frou eSCH. Saipan in this regard.” _ a7 . "Jape‘n Congress Against h- And E-Bombs : , 4th F.oor, Akimoto Blég. 2-15... Tswiassa-cho, xanéa, Chiyodatma 77 -hu Tokyo, Japan . : Ta Decerber 24, 1S71 : 7 RepsMr. Ataji Balos '°, : . - ro. . "+e : . . rel : Kajuro, Marshalls Micronesia, 96960 x Drs an : *, “ a : : : : Dear Mrs ptajt Balose: : oo we * -7 1" P.O. Box 354, Uliga - = Lae, a: . : “Le Survey Team returned home safgiy. Thank you very much for.v your many friendly kindness ana trouble; tq us. TI am terribly vay sorry that we coule not reat H-borb sultereéss Loth in nrongslap ane Utilik (sic) undez our very nose. Aithqugy we co2id not accorplish*r! s} our project sufficiently, it was a great pleasure for us to be ible to meet H-bonb suffereze in Majure. a Throagh taliing with those. "ee eo : -* : 71048| ehue 27 - . yk os -DOE ARCHIVES See. Al