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The chicken or the egg?

The chicken or the egg?

Journal 10/29/1982 P1 Washington talks on Kwaj/CompactPresident Amata Kabua returned to the Marshalls October 28 following the talks in Washington concerning Kwajalein use payments. Asked if he had brought back a good deal, Kabua responded, “Ask the Kwajalein people to respond first, then I’ll respond.” Attorney General Carl Ingram described the negotiations with the US […]

Nuclear tribunal shrinks

Nuclear tribunal shrinks

Journal 10/26/1982 P1 KAC says good news from WashingtonStatement of Kwajalein Atoll Corporation Chairman Ataji Balos: “The news we bring with us, we believe, is good. For the past three weeks, we have been in Washington, DC in meetings with top officials of the US Defense Department, as well as President Amata Kabua and Attorney […]

Atoll populations down

Atoll populations down

Journal 10/8/2025 P1 Kwaj talks continueA second day of meetings in Washington, DC between Kwajalein landowners, RepMar and the US Defense Department has been completed without any announcement of the results. From reliable sources, the following picture emerges: The ending of the demonstration on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur Islands is a result of an agreement between […]

Lañinbwil wins festival

Lañinbwil wins festival

Journal 10/1/1982 P1 Kwajalein talks underway in WashingtonThe talks in Washington, DC on Kwajalein are scheduled for October 2. The interim use agreement for Kwajalein Atoll use by the military expired yesterday (September 30). It contains a renewal clause which says that the governments expect to renew it subject to satisfactory progress toward a free […]

Tripling RMI tax revenues

Tripling RMI tax revenues

Journal 9/28/1982 P1 President heads to Washington; Some Kwajalein landowners already therePresident Amata Kabua left last night headed for Washington, DC and talks with US officials on increased assistance to Kwajalein Atoll where the US conducts strategic missile tests. Kwajalein landowners have said they will spread out from their occupation in camps on 1 October […]

PNA: Shape up or ship out

PNA: Shape up or ship out

Journal 9/3/1982 P2 Ebb and flowMarshalls second law school graduate, Christopher Loeak, arrived in Majuro this week. He attended Gonzaga University Law School in Spokane, Washington. He plans to take the Hawaii bar exam…Nauru President Hammer deRoburt stopped in Majuro this week. He reported that the permit for the Aqua Bar (at the Eastern Gateway […]