. FEDERAL PROGRAMS Section 104 of H.R. 3756 would prohibit the executive branch of the United States from reducing any federal program before or after the termination of the Trusteeship. This section is a reaffirmation of the positive promises of the Trusteeship Agreement. It is especially necessary now, in view of the unilateral decision of the Department of the Interior to reduce and terminate all federal programs by 1981, the year when it is propsed that the Trusteeship will end. The Unilateral Decision There is no doubt that it is now departmental policy at Interior to curtail and eliminate all the federal programs in Micronesia. On December 8, 1978, during a radio interview, Ambassador Peter Rosenblatt stated: "Federal programs will end with the Trusteeship with the exception of a few technical programs to be identified in our compact with the Micronesian governments.” And in a letter dated February 27, 1979, Interior Under Secretary James A. Joseph told then H.E.W. Secretary Califano that the Interior Department "will not seek or recommend new authorization for Federal programs to meg oe see ee : cae is . : ~sTET rae eRe ge psy ree: . eae peers es epeys yer . moo & erate ae wn Pee TEs ge : Bs wi Bee | re“atl ert a fae gy Late whe veg ot wo . ay oy “aA beget . an + -ooGH ve hh, ay ee . u fey ort he. 2g « . a Og eltPrP a ty ‘ att ud or ya ac) Ron eh ‘ dag h