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command of the
exercised by him as
Government
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including
Department
of the
High Commissioner is
United States
and
is
derived
an exercise
t2 Uns authority of the United States in the Trust Territory.
Defendant
vonnston officially resides on Saipan, in the Mariana Islands, part
or tne Trust Territory.
2“.
Defendant Oscar DeBrum is District Administrator of the
varsnall Islands District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Tslanas.
As District Administrator, defendant DeBrum is the principal
executive officiel in the government of the Marshall Islands district.
Derentent DeBrum was appointed to his position by the High Commissioner,
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sucject to the supervision and direction of, and control by, the
QO
mmissioner,
cmmissioner.
and serves at the pleasure of the High
Defendant DeBrum is a citizen of the Trust
Territory and a resident of Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands
District of the Trust Territory.
15.
Scazves.
Defendant Gerald R.
Ford is the President of the United
As President, defendant Ford is successor to former
President Lyndon B. Johnson, who ordered the commencement of the
Bikini resettlement program.
Defendant Ford is the only federal
oPlicial with executive authority over all government agencies
tnvolved in the Bikini resettlement program.
In addition, defendant
Ford has constitutional responsibility for the faithful execution
of tne laws and treaties of the United States, including the
Trusteeshin Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands.
mssident Ford cfficially resides in Washington, D.C.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
16,
Ttlenis,
Bikini Atoll is located in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall
norch of the Equator, in the west-central part of the