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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1985Vol. 56, No. 6

Contents

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Amelia Earhart 40 Australia 27 Books 35 China 20,24,32 Cook Islands 43 Deaths 57 Fiji 11,24 France 10,22 Howland Island 40 Islands Press 48 Letters 9 New Caledonia 22 New Zealand 27,39 Pacific Report 7 Pan Am 16

Papua New Guinea 14,21 People 49 PIM Opinion 5 Political Currents 32 Service Page 58 Shipping Schedules 53 Solomon Islands 20 The Month 22 Tonoa 25,45 Tradewinds 27 Tropicalities 43 United Nations 33 United States 5 Vanuatu 44 Western Samoa 21,32

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