Their Fete
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Solved
When the results of the general :ction in French Polynesia were hoed to Papeete from the outlying ands early in July, the electoral icials were puzzled to note that t a single vote had been recorded the people of Tureia.
Tureia, a small atoll in the amotu Archipelago, is 60 miles of Mururoa, the centre of orations for the French nuclear ts Normally, it has a population 60 or 70 people; but when no vs was heard from them after : election, speculation grew that had been wiped out by (a) ►mic radiation, (b) a tidal wave, (c) some other natural disaster.
Stories about Tureia’s missing )ple were published in the Papeete vspapers. Questions were asked >ut them in the Territorial As ibly. hnally, the mystery of their dis >earance was solved. The Tureians 1 deserted their island en masse I had sailed for Papeete for the itille Day celebrations, otherwise >wn as Le Fete.