ies: close leone depeng German, es. ee exist Disand Malaye. or De competed for social status through a complex system of bestowed titles. Much of the old Pat tern is still maintained. people of Lib, some 234 individuals Population Movement s who had voluntarily left their island for Ebeye several years before in connection with a defense project, also returned to their 230-acre island where a complete new village had been built for them. Before European contact some ia took place between adjacent 8 Populations in spite of yast istances, social dif ferences, and clan wars, Yap islanders sailed their large mS. aan sanoes to Palau to quarry the famous faleuen apese stone money from Palauan Woe’ Huarries. Other Yapese Canoes regu| Mae var y plied to and from Guam. Trading euonn voyages were made from the west. iguane contral Carolines to the Marianas thwes are Ya pese colonies app arently eryday S . - In the Marshalls, Sailing trips ly the ie ishow s and atolls were made those ou ne uence Russie. Consid area as well as erable trading, visiti noe ng » very likely, wa r raiding took place. History Micronesia has been known to the western world since 16th-century Spanish and Portuguese explorersfirst visited the islands. Later explorers, traders, and whalers included the British, Germans, Russians, Japanese, and Americans. In the 19th century, development of a lucrative copra trade brought about conflict between Germany, Spain, and Great Britain, resulting in After Japan assume d controlof the an An th .Resettlement of the Bik ikiini Eniwetok people wh o were ‘moved outsid te e the area of the Pac ific Proving nal Found has created Problems of i Justment to the ne w environment, ed c . . : Farly in i 1966 at the ir request, the people of Ebadon and ArbweIslands a the Kwajalein Atoll returned to eir homes after liv ing on the island Part I—Introducti on German control over the Marshalls, UE sg and SOMONE eI cai 1 Kap arolin_ ians on the island s of Saipan base Rota were moved from their finesyginal ho mes to settlements along P of margins of the large Japanese pe communitie s, During World War II herd extensive dislocation of the islanders ‘len eecutred. Where Pos sible, the Adminne i. ering Auth ority has return ed disia Placed Island ers to the places th ih considered to be ho me. of Ebeye for about 6 months. They were originally relocated to Ebeye along with residents of the Kwajalein mid-atoll corridor. In April 1966, the Spanish sovereignty over the Carolines. In 1898 the United States acquired Guam following a war with Spain. In 1899, Spain withdrew from the Pacific and sold all her remaining possessions to Germany. Germany’s administration, which encouraged development of trade and production of copra, was terminated in 1914 when Japanese naval squadrons took over military possession of the Marshalls, Carolines, and Marianas at the outbreak of World War I. Japan began its formal administration by mandate of the League of Nations in 1920. After the United States entered World War IE in 1941, Micronesia assumed vital importance in the Pacific campaign and much bitter fighting took place before the area was secured by U.S. forces. In 1947, the Marshall, Caroline, and Mariana Islands, except Guam, became a United Nations Trusteeship administered by the United States. MAJOR EVENTS OF THE YEAR July 1967 The Third Regular Session of the Congress of Micronesia convened. The Honorable John O. Ngiraked of Palau was elected President of the Senate and the Honorable Olympio T. Borja of the Marianas was chosen as VicePresident. Senator Amata Kabua continued to serve as the Senate floor leader. The House of Representatives reelected the Honorable Bethwel Henry of Ponape as Speaker and the Honorable Petrus Mailo of Truk as Vice- Speaker. Representative Ambilos Jeshi of Ponape was selected House floor leader. August 1967 The Third Regular Session of the Congress of Micronesia adjourned after enacting 48 of 173 bills introduced during the session. Forty-one acts were signed into law by the High Commissioner. Among the major items of legislation was a law creating a Social Security System for Trust Territory citizens. Fiscal Year 1968 a my ry Trtart eagerran, AEEE 4