Memorial Hospital. The laboratory and clinical facilities were ex-
cellent and its graduates had performedoutstanding service in British
Oceania.” Sixty-six Micronesian medical students could be accommodated during the school year opening January 15, 1951. The school
had nofacilities for training dental practioners but plans existed for
establishing them shortly.”
The Chief of Naval Operations informed the High Commissioner
of the possibility of the use of the school at Suva“ but the latter
withheld comment until he procured additional information from
the school director.” The move was discussed at Pearl Harbor during the next week, and although Admiral Radford opposed it,
especially because it would expose the students to still another culture,
he notified Washington on December 21 that the transfer to Suva
appeared to be the “logical solution”. At the same time he noted
the lack of a dental school, but because plans for its establishment
were being made, it was decided to transfer the dental students also.
The situation was explained to the students at Guam andthey were
allowed to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to go
to Suva.”” In order to assure their eventual return to the Trust Territory, however, cach student before his departure had voluntarily to
sign an agreement that: (1) he would return to his homedistrict, or
if directed by HiComTerPacls, to his home municipality and remain
there for a period of three years immediately following the completion of his training; (2) he would accept employment in. his
specialty at any place in his home district when so ordered by HiComTerPacls, the period of obligated service not to extend beyondthree
years from the date of completion of training; (3) he recognized the
fact that the additional service to which he obligated himself would
be in the nature of in-service training employed for advance training
of medical professional personnel in the UnitedStates: (4) he understood that it probably would be impossible for him to return home
until his training at Suva was completed.
Students unwilling to
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. x One graduate of the Central Medical School. Albert Hicking, 2 Grbertese. sas medical prac-
ttioner on Kusaie,
m GovFiji and HiComWestPac ltr dtd 7 Dee
so.
* CNO msz of 9 Dee 50.
HiComTerPacls msg of ro Dec 50,
to HiComTerPacls mse of 21 Dee 50.
HiComTerPacls msg of 29 Dee so.
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