~2expect to accord the claims negotiations
their best
reasonable effort during the course of the political
status negotiations,
completion of the status negotiations
would not be made contingent on conclusion of an agreement
on any or all of the matters relating to nuclear claims.
The requested approval would encompass
the following
matters:
(1)
Land Claims
The United States negotiator should
negotiate a one-time payment in settlement of
seek
to
known and
definable land claims of the people and government of
the Marshall Islands relating to the partial or complete
loss of land or of land use as a result of nuclear tests
conducted by the USG in the 1940's and 1950's.
of $10 million is recommended for
the attachment at Tab A.
authorized to discuss with
In addition,
stated in
he should be
the Marshallese,
to subsequent definition of U.S.
of U.S.
the reasons
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policy,
with a view
the possibility
provision of a supplemental feeding program for
the people of Enewetak after their resettlement on the
atoll until they attain agricultural self-sufficiency,
should that attainment not be expected before termination
of
the
trusteeship.
(2)
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Compensation
for
Personal
Injury
Public Law 95-134 provided levels of compensation
for personal injury to people from Rongelap and Utirik
exposed accidentally
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to radiation in 1954.
Without