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Noket to Handle Affairs of Government for Nena

PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): April 25, 1997 - FSM Acting President Jacob Nena, informed all department, office and agency heads of the FSM National Government that he has designated Attorney General Camillo Noket to handle all routine matters of the Office of the President, beginning April 23, 1997.

Nena left for Kosrae, his home state where he and Governor Carl Guiterrez of Guam will visit Walung, a remote village on the Western side of Kosrae Island, accessible only by boat. Nena and Guiterrez will return Pohnpei and proceed directly to Ant Atoll, a group of atolls about eight miles South-West of Pohnpei which is owned by the Nanpei family.

Governor Guiterrez's visit to the FSM is in response to an earlier invitation by the Acting President, according to Josiah Waguk, Special Assistant to the Vice President.