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IN THIS REGARD, THE HICOM NOTED THAT DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER
FETER T.

COLEMAN WILL ACCOMPANY

AMBASSADOR WILLIAMS ON HIS TRIP

’ THROUGH THE EASTERN DISTRICTS, ENDING IN MAJURO WHERE HE WILL BEGIN
' MEETINGS WITH ENIWETOKESE AT THE DISTRICT CENTER. COLEMAN ALSO PLANS
TO OVERFLY THE ENIWETOK COMPLEX ON HIS WAY TO AN INSPECTION OF BIKINI
ATOLL, WHERE THE AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION OF THAT FORMER ATOMIC
TESTING SITE IS NOW BEING CLOSED OUT.
THE HICOM SAID THAT AT SONE FUTURE DATE THE LEADERS OF ENIWETOK
WILL BE INVITED TO BIMINE TO OBSERVE ThE REHABILITATION PROGRAM THERE
~IN ACTION. HE SAID FURTHER THAT THE PEOPLE OF ENYWETOK WILL BE
CONSULTED AT EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY I8 THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
DISTAD DEBRUM SAID THAT HE WAS DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE HIGH CONMISSIORER AND AMBASSADOR WILLIAMS For THELR LORG AND HARD EFFORTS TO
EXPEDITE THE RETURN OF TRE ATOLL TO THE PEOPLE. HE SAID HE LOOKED
FORWARD TO WEETING WITH DEPUTY HICOM COLEMAN LATER IN THE WEEK AND
TO BEGINNING THE PLANNING FOR THE BEVERSION OF ENIWETOK TO THE TRUST
TERRITORY SO THAT THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM COULD GET UNDERWAY.
ACCORDING TO THE JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT RELEASED TUESDAY, IT WiLL BE

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