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The National Union

AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE S T A T E S OF THE F E D E R A T E D S T A T E S OF MICRONESIA

Volume 4 Kolonia, Portaoe. September 30, 1983 Numb

All of FSMUrged tobackCompact

KOLONIA, Ponape - President Tosi-wo Nakayama called on all FSM citizensto uiite behind the Compact of FreeAssociation recently ratified by the FSMCongress and state legislatures to showthe U.S. government that they are readyfor termination of the U.N. trusteeshipas soon as possible, and assume therelationship of free association with theUnited States.

Nakayama made the appeal Sept. 13during a ceremony in his office when hewas presented the Sept. 2 resolutions bythe FSM Congress completing the ratifi-cation process and the Ponape StateLegislature disapproving the Compact.

The Truk, Yap and Kosrae legislaturesapproved the Compact and 79 per centof the FSM voters approved it in theJune 21 plebiscite, though 51 per cent,of the Ponape vote was against it.

The Reagan administration is expectedto introduce the FSM and MarshallIslands compacts for ratification in theU.S. Congress in mid-October, after theSept. 7 Marshalls plebiscite vote is certi-fied by the Nitijela and approved by itand the cabinet, according to a StatusCommission official.

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CONGRESS RESOLUTION PRESENTED - Speaker Bethwel Henry, right, ispresenting the Sept. 2 resolution unanimously approved by the FSM Congress toratify the Compact of Free Association with the United States to President TosiwoNakayama during a Sept. 13 ceremony in the President's office. The ceremony wasattended by Gov. Resio Moses and members of the Ponape State Legislature.

Congress regular session nearKOLONIA, Ponape - Reviewing plans

toward lobbying for the passage of theCompact of Free Association in the U.S.Congress and in U.N., action on the re-maining cabinet nominees and the Presi-dent's State of the Nation Message areamong major items slated for the secondregular session of the Third Congress,according to Speaker Bethwel Henry.

Henry said in an interview that Con-gress: will also take up other considera-tions including a variety of appropriationbills and review of the results of theSeventh State-National Leadership Con-ference during the session which beginsOct. 10.

The 30 consecutive calendar day ses-sion is scheduled to continue throughNov. 8, and will also take up a resolutionon the appointment of Richard Montoyaas Assistant Secretary of Interior for the

Office of Territorial and InternationalAffairs and the apprehension of fishingvessels fishing without license within theFSM economic zone, he added.

Regarding Montoya's appointment,Henry said, "I am personally very happythat he was appointed.

"I was impressed when he visited theCongress during the August special ses-sion," Henry said.

"His ideas are developmental and im-pressive," he added.

Henry also said that the Congresswill be looking at the financial needs ofthe states and President TosiwoNakayama's reorganization plan, especial-ly regarding the elimination of theSocial Services Department.

"We are looking forward to hearingthe President's State of the NationMessage," the Speaker said.

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KOLONIA, Ponape - The people ofTruk are donating their work to curbthe recent cholera resurgence there,according to FSM Health Services ChiefEliuel Pretrick.

Dr. Pretrick said Sept. 23 that 84cholera cases were bacteriologically con-firmed between July 18 and Sept. 6 inTruk, but no new cases have been con-firmed since then.

The state was declared cholera freeon June 17, following an outbreak inAugust, 1982, which reached epidemiclevels with 2,316 suspected cases, 84°^onfirmed cases and 13 deaths reported"through May 17.

The new outbreak is being attributed''to the rainy season causing flojdiiig"of well water sources, according to news-paper reports.

Based on a report by FSM HealthProgram Manager Isamu Abraham whoV-sited Truk, pretrick said that ruralsanitation project, including the cons-truction of wate '--sealed toilets and watercatchments, are proceeding well" inTruk.

"The most encouraging part is thatpeople are providing their own construc-tion of the toilets and water catchments,"he said.

Pretrick noted that President TosiwoNakayama issued on Sept. 14 emergencyprocedures to be used throughout theFSM to prevent the spread of cholerafrom Truk, including a ban of foodshipments and requirements for travelfrom the state.

Gov. Erhart Aten briefed the Presi-dent in Ponape on Sept. 9 on the extentof the new outbreak.

Pretrick said that most of the newcases reported in Truk are on Moen,and that the state is going ahead withthe opening of all of its schools on Sept.26, which was delayed from Sept. 19.

He said that the state government isrequesting one additional laboratorytechnician and six additional nursesfrom other FSM siates, but "no addi-tional doctors are needed at this time."

Pretrick said that High CommissionerJanet McCoy sent a team of Trust Terri-tory officials, headed by Education Direc-tor Harold Crouch, to Truk "to findout how the Trust Territory can assist"and that the High Commissioner is expec-ted to report to the FSM President.

Pretrick noted that Aten reimposedrestrictions on travel between the conta-minated islands in Truk Lagoon and theouter islands and said no new casesreported from the outer islands.

He said that the total number of newcases has not reached epidemic portions.

The emergency procedures announcedby Nakayama for the FSM include:

"The State of Truk, after having acholera epidemic in 1982, will be knownto be a cholera endemic area for sometime to come.

"In order to prevent further spreadof cholera infection from Truk to theother FSM states, the following proce-dures are to be strictly observed:

"1. No food items, raw or cooked,including seafood, salted or frozen willbe sent, carried or in any way transfer-red to Ponape, Kosrae, and Yap fromTruk.

"2. The Governor of Truk has agreedto cooperate with the National Govern-ment and will set up a checkpoint atTruk International Airport and seaportswhere inspection for food items willoe carried out by health and customsofficials to prevent exportation of foodto other FSM states.

"3. Similar checks and inspections willbe carried out by customs and healthofficials at Yap, Kosrae and Ponape air-ports and seaports. Any food itemsfound which are prohibited under para-graph 1 will be confiscated.

"4. Post Office officials are requestedto kindly ask the addressees to openany boxes for inspection which come byairmail to the FSM states from the stateof Truk.

"5. There is no ban on travel, butTruk State is requested to minimizeinterstate travel only to those individualswho travel with good reason.

"6. Travelers from Truk to any otherFSM state will be screened by TrukPermit sough for Uman

KOLONIA, Ponape - Col. Michael M.Jenks, Honolulu District Engineer, U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, requested pub-lic review and comments on an applica-tion from the Truk State Public SafetyDepartment for a federal permit to cons-truct a 16,000-square-foot landfill area atManukun Village on Uman Island.

Colonel Jenks continued, "Positiveimpacts resulting from the proposeddischarges include increased social bene-fits and improved community conditionsfor the affected village members. None ofthe following resources of principalnational concern is known to occurin the proposed discharge sites: harves-table shellfish beds; marine sanctuariesor refuges; endangered species or theircritical habitat; or special aquatic sites."

Jenks requested that comments on thispermit application and any request fora public hearing to consider problems andissues in the proposed landfill for a com-munity meeting hall at Manukun Vil-lage, Uman island, Truk Lagoon, bemailed to him at Building 230 FortShatter, Hawaii 96858, by Oct. 14.

health personnel to prevent anyone withabdominal discomfort, diarrhea, or vomi-ting from departing Truk to any otherFSM state.

"7. Health officials will be at eachFSM airport for all flights coming direct-ly from Truk to screen all incomingpassengers. A special card will be issuedto each person advising that if the trave-ler becomes sick with diarrhea and ab-dominal pain within the first five days ofarrival, he/she must report immediatelyto the State Hospital with this card.Upon presentation of the card, suchindividual will be given first priority ofservice.

"8. Each incoming passenger fromTruk State will be required to provideto the health officials at the ports his/heraddress and where he/she will stay inthe state.

"9. Air Micronesia and captains ofcertain ships must provide lists of in-coming passengers from Truk to thehealth officials at each FSM port.

"10. Pacific Missionary Aviation(PMA) must provide a list of passengersarriving from Truk within five days ofeach flight.

"11. Every departing passenger travel-ing directly from Truk to any FSM statemust be treated in Truk with tetracy-cline for three days prior to departure. Awritten certificate signed by the doctorsresponsible for the Cholera ControlProgram in Truk will be required for eachincoming passenger showing that he/sheis free of symptoms and that he/she hastaken the required medicine for threedays prior to departure from Truk.

"12. Each state is requested to promp-tly develop a cholera preventive programto reduce the potential of the spread ofcholera within the states.

"13. Laboratory supplies for regularsurveillance programs to detect watercontamination at appropriate locationsshould be made available in all states andsuch surveillance should be carried outby appropriate environmental health per-sonnel on a regular basis.

"14. All restaurant and other commer-cial food handlers should be screened ona regular basis in all states to preventpossible transmission of cholera infec-tions.

"15. Any passenger arriving in theother FSM states directly from Trukwithout a required health certificatedescribed above will be quarantinedfor such a period of time necessary todetermine that the passenger is eithercontaminated or cholera free.

"These procedures will be in effectas of this 13th day of September, 1983until rescinded."

; (Signed) President Tosiwo Nakayama.

President to goTo SP Conference

KOLONIA, Ponape - President Tosi-wo Nakayama announced that he willgo to Saipan on Sept. 28 to attend theOct. 1 opening of the 23rd South PacificConference and a pre-conference sym-posium on economic development.

Resources and Development SecretaryBernard Helgenberger will head the FSMdelegation to the conference which willcontinue through Oct. 7. The delegationalso will include FSM InternationalAffairs Chief Masao Nakayama and Dr.Daniel Twum-Barimah, R&D Departmenteconomic advisor.

Yap requested to send representativesto participate in the FSM delegation,officials said.

The President, who was invited byNorthern Marianas Gov. Pedro P.Tenorio, conference chairman, will beaccompanied by his special assistant,leske leshi.

The "Year of the Pacific" symposiumwill focus on the coordination of publiceconomic development planning with theprivate sector, officials said.

The Saipan Civic Center is the siteof the conference opening ceremony andthe symposium and conference will heheld in the former Trust Territory Educa-tion Department Building.

Twenty-four countries, or jurisdictionswill be represented at the conferencewhich will include discussions of tunaconservation, marine resources manage-ment and a Pacific islands fund and stabi-lization scheme.

"Smaller holder farming in rural deve-lopment" is the economic theme of theconference and "rural employmentpromotion" is the social theme.

The agenda also includes a report bySecretary-General Francis Bugotu onhis in-house review of the South PacificCommission structure and activities,the 1984 work program and budget forthe commission and member assessmentsand voluntary contributions.

The FSM contributes $4,000 a yearto the SPC and receives about $90,000a year in technical assistance and train-ing services from the regional agency,officials said.

Mori acting bank headKOLONIA, Ponape - FSM Develop-

ment Bank Secretary-Treasurer MannyMori of Truk was named acting presidentof the bank, effective Sept. 8 until apermanent president is hired, by FSMDBBoard Chairman Herman P. Semes.

Mori replaces Gunnar Thoren, a U.S.citizen whose contract ended in July.

PONAPE RESOLUTION PRESENTED - Ponape State Legislature Vice SpeakerHilary Conrad, left, is presenting the legislature's Sept. 2 resolution disapprovingthe Compact of Free Association with the United States to FSM President TosiwoNakayama during a Sept. 13 ceremony in the President's office. The Compact wasratified by three of the four FSM states and the Congress.

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The Marshall Islands compact wasapproved by 58 per cent of the partici-pating voters, according to a RepMarnews release published in the Sept. 16Marshall Islands Journal. The finalunofficial vote was 6,215 for and 4,509against their compact.

Ponape Vice Speaker Hilary Conradassured the President that though thelegislature was not consistent with therest of the states, its action was not outof hostility, nor hatred—"we're stillfriends."

He said that it was strictly a policymatter without reference to anyone,or any agency of the government.

Ponape Gov. Resio Moses also saidthat the vote in his state was not out ofhostility but an expression of a minorityview, a view that needs to be protected.

Congress Speaker Bethwel Henry ofPonape noted that the body unanimouslyapproved the Compact, and said, "Nowthat the Compact of Free Association asfar as the FSM is concerned is final "itis incumbent upon us to look ahead."

Henry said that the FSM state andnational governments should be lookingahead to the days of implementing theCompact, even before the U.S. govern-ment acts on it.

Nakayama said that the beauty ofdemocracy is that minorities are ableto express their views.

He said that he will submit the docu-ments to the U.S. government.

"It is my hope that now the ques-tion is behind us, we will all, the fourstates and the national government,work together to impress upon theUnited Nations and the United Statesgovernment that this is truly an expres-sion of our own democratic processesand our desire for their assistance toterminate the trusteeship as quickly aspossible, and in turn to launch intofree association," the President said.

CORRECTION - FSM President Tosi-wo Nakayama, left, is greeted by-Austra-lian Prime Minister Bob Hawk duringan Aug. 31 reception in Canberra forparticipants in the 14th South PacificForum. The photograph was incorrect-ly identified as a private meeting in theSept. 15 National Union. Nakayama metprivately instead, Sept. 1 with Austra-lian Foreign Minister Bill Hayden.

Etier

FS/11 sfoff auditors namedKOLONIA, Ponape - FSM Public

Auditor John Dye announced theappointments of Luther (Lou) C. Etierof Reno, Nevada, as his senior staffauditor and Pelsesar R. Petrus of Truk asjunior auditor.

Etier, 49, a nine-year City of RenoAccounting Division supervisor, receivedhis BBA degree in accounting fromMidwestern State University, WichitaFalls, Texas, and attended seminarsin governmental accounting and fore-casting sponsored by the MuncipalFinance Officer Association and by thePublic Technology Institute.

Etier, was a sergeant accountant-payroll manager in the U.S. Armystationed in Japan and Korea, 1945-51,during the Korean War was also a sales-man for a phonographic company foreight years before he went to college.

Petrus, 34, is a former researcher forFSM Commission on Future PoliticalStatus and Transition who also workedon special assignment for the FSMOffice of Planning and Statistics. Hereceived his BA degree in mathematicsin 1975 from Oregon State University,Corvallis.

Petrus also attended Mauna OluCollege on Maui, Hawaii, 1970-1971,after graduating from Truk High Schoolin 1970.

Petrus attended the Statistical Ins-

Peterson promotedKOLONIA, Ponape - Enerika Peter-

son, Ponape Branch assistant managersince Aug. 30, 1980, was promoted toassistant cashier, a corporate officer ofthe Bank of Hawaii, according to MikeSchochet vice president in charge of Paci-fic islands branc-hes who visited Ko-lonia Sept. 21-23.

Mrs. Peterson ...now assistant cash-ier and assistantmanager, effective:Sept. 1.

Mrs. Peterson, 42,is a native of So-kehs, Ponape and Petersongraduate of Out Lady of Mercy Schoolat the Catholic Mission here who joinedthe Bank of Hawaii as a bookkeeperin 1964 and worked for the bank inSaipan as operations officer, as well asPonape. She became assistant branchmanager when she returned to Ponapein 1980.

Mrs. Peterson resides here with herhusband, College of Micronesia Exe-cutive Director Loren Peterson, and theirseven children.

Petrustitute for Asia and Pacific in Tokyo asa U.N. Fellow, 1977-78, and SouthPacific Commission courses in censusanalysis and survey data in Honiara,Solomon Islands and national accounts inSuva, Fiji, and represented the FSMgovernment on the 1983 Sixth StatisticsConference for the Pacific region inSuva.

He taught two summers, 1975-76for the Community College of MicronesiaExtension program in Truk and at TrukHigh School, 1975-76, and was theassistant Truk State Planner, 1976-80.

Wolf financial chiefKOLONIA, Ponape - Frieda Wolf, a

former Trust Territory communicationstariffs consultant, became financial mana-ger for the FSM TelecommunicationsCorp on Aug. 3, according to TelecomGeneral ManagerNorman Hutch-field.

Ms. Wolf is incharge of billing,budget, internatio-nal settlements andpayroll, in additionto being an advisoron tariffs, Hutch-field said.

Before joining Telecom, she wasserving as a consultant to the FSMpublic corporation on tariffs and billingprocedures through the U.N. Interna-tional Telecommunications Union.

She joined the TT government as aconsultant for international and localoperations and billing procedures in1981, after beginning her career in tele-communications in 1978 with the Micro-nesian Telecommunications Corp. in Sai-pan.

A native of New York City, Ms.Wolf, 34, studied computer science atPennsylvania State University andthrough an International Business Mac-hines-sponsored program. She worked forthe General Public Utilities Corp., Read-ing, Pennsylvania, for six years beforegoing to Saipan.

External rotatesSiron, Sirgah

KOLONIA, Ponape - External AffairsSecretary Andon Amaraich announcedSept. 22 that he is rotating two foreignservice officers with Honolulu LiaisonOfficer Tadao Sigrah and the depart-ment's Administrative Officer, formerGuam Liaison Officer Nishima Sironreplacing each other.

Sigrah, 38, is a native of Kosrae whoreceived a BA degree in political sciencefrom the University of Guam in 1969 andserved as management intern at the TTHeadquarters in Saipan (1970-1971), andlegislative liaison officer for the TTGovernment (1971-1972).

Sigrah also served as Ponape Districtpublic affairs director (1972-1978), chiefclerk, House, Congress of Micronesia(1978-1980) and Honolulu liaison of-ficer (1980-1983).

Siron, 38, is a native of Truk whoreceived a BA degree hi political sciencefrom University of Guam in 1970 andserved as Truk District Civic AffairsOfficer (1970-1971), assistant clerk ofthe Senate, Congress of Micronesia(1971-1977), and clerk of the COMSenate (1977-1978).

He also served as clerk of the InterimCongress of Micronesia Senate for oneyear before he became the chief clerkof the FSM Congress (1979-1980).

Siron served as head of Guam LiaisonOffice (1980-1982) prior to becomingthe administrative officer for the Exter-nal Affairs Department, a position heheld until the recent appointment.

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Amaraich said his departmentcontinues the search for two secretariesand Micronesian Relations Division depu-ty chief.

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