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- ↑ "Slide of Inauguration of Governor Leo Falcam (1979)". University of Hawaii . 1979. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- 1 2 3 4 "Estate of Yoma". Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia. 1987-04-10. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
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