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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1987Vol. 58, No. 2

Contents

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Books 44 Deaths 55 Fiji 18 French Polynesia 50 Guam 27 Japan 25 Kiribati 27 Letters 8 Marquesas 57 Micronesia 48 New Caledonia 12 Marianas 29 Pacific Report 6 Papua New Guinea 6

PIM Opinion 5 Service Page 62 Shipping 53 Solomom Is 7 Soviet Union 25 Stamps 52 Tonga 9 Transitions 55 Tradewinds 27 United States 27 Vanuatu 10 W Samoa 55 Yachts 56

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