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United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Honorable Amata Kabua Marshall Islands Government Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960 Dear President Kabua: I am enclosing for your information a copy of a letter I recently received from the Minister of Public Works, l@nar ~r, with respect to a request that the people of Mejit and Ailuk Atoll be included in the proposed medical survey of Likiep Atoll. A copy of my reply to Minister Abner also is enclosed. You will recall that I wrote to Mr. &nton Dg)gm, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, on June 15, 1979, when he was in Washington on the proposed Likiep survey. This was followed up by my letter of July 5, 1979, to you requesting additional information which is needed for I well appreciate the concern of Minister Abner for his constituents on Ailuk and Mejit. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy believe, that in the best interests of all concerned, there should be one official point of contact in your government as well as here with respect to the proposed Likiep survey. Orderly planning and execution of any future survey make this essential. This contact in the Marshalls Government we have conceived as beingyour imn:ediate office. With respect to the Federal agencies involved, our Department will serve as the official point of contact. I would appreciate it if you would let me know if this coincides with Office of Territorial Affairs
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‘Ms is to acknowledgereceiptof a copy of your letter Govemmnt of the United States of Amrica to hmdiately conducta mdiological serveyin the MarshallIslands. The intentof the resolutionof course, refers to the 13 atollsin the NorthernMarshall Therefore,as I am one of the Congressnm fm the 13 atolls and representingthe interestof the peopleof Ailuk Atoll and J!?ejit Islands,I would like very much If your officewill includethe people of Ailuk and M?jit in the medical serveywhi& is being consideredfor the people of LU-cLepAtoll. I have chosenthe people fmn Mejit and Ailuk sincethey are not only far off of Utrik Atoll and L!LkiepAtollbut becausemqv people f!rm ]lejitor Mluk Atoll have been travelledto Utrik or Likiep and back to theirrespectiveatolls. ~e~ef’o~, on behalf Or the people of ~luk Atoll d hkjit Islandthey would appreciateit very R’Mch,if sum metical SemeY programbe extendedto them. Eest wishes to you and to your entirestaff. Ministerof Public Works .