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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1986Vol. 57, No. 6

Contents

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Books 53 Deaths 67 Fiji 25-48 French Polynesia 17 Islands Press 62 Kiribati 50 Letters 7 Micronesia 13 New Caledonia 8,9,10 Pacific report 6

Palmyra 11,12 Papua New Guinea 9 People 59 PIM Opinion 5 Political currents 58 Samoa 14 Service Page 68 United States 8 Vanuatu 8 Yachts 61

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