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MIGHT DISRUPT FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OVERSEAS COUNTRIES!,
MAEWO IS AN ISLAND IN THE NORTH OF THE NEW HEBRIDES, WHICH
SUPPORTS A POOR POPULATION OF COPRA FARMERS AND FISHERMEN.
HARDLY THE PLACE FOR WHAT THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
HAS DESCRIBED AS THE ''MIDDLE-CLASS REFUGEES FROM THE 'TUNG HAN'''
APPARENTLY THE OFFER OF SETTLEMENT CAME FROM MR JIMMY STEPHENS.
WHO HEADS A MELANESIAN CUSTOM MOVEMENT IN THE BUSH ON SANTO
ONE OF THE OTHER ISLANDS OF THE NEW HEBRIDES. MR STEPHENS
CLAIMS SHADOWY LEADERSHIP OVER MUCH OF THE NEW HEBRIDES, BUT
HAS MOVEMENT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS 'PLAYED OUT AND OF INTEREST
ONLY TO ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND THOSE BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY WHO WISH TO EXPLOIT IT FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL OR
POLITICAL GAIN.
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