APPENDIX
APPENDIX
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IV
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The High Commissioner is appointed by the President, and not the Secretary of
the Interior.
The statement “The High Commissioner will represent U.S. interests in the
Trust Territory until the trusteeship is terminated" is not completely
Trust Territory until the trusteeship is terminated."
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Negotiations have been completed between the United States and Palau. We are
encouraging Palau to resolve internally its problems with certain defense and
security provisions of the agreement. You may wish to insert at the beginning
of the first full paragraph:
“Even though the people of Palau voted by 62
percent to approve the Compact,"
In the second full paragraph, you may wish to revise the third sentence to
read as follows:
“Except for rights retained by the United States in
connection with defense and security matters, the Micronesian states will be
self-governing entities."
In the sentence immediately following, we suggest the deletion of “will be
sovereign states" and the substitution of “will approximate sovereign states."
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No decisions have been made as to which federal grant programs the respective
Freely Associated States will be allowed to participate in post compact.
The
Compacts provide specific funds for health and education programs, but this is
separate from existing federal grant programs.
The first sentence of the second paragraph, we believe, might better read:
“The United States will also provide support and certain services through the
U.S. Postal Service, Weather Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the
Federal Aviation Administration, and the Civil Aeronautics Board (or its
successors)."
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Although the Micronesian governments may appear to have a more beneficial
relationship with the United States government as a consequence of the
Compacts, it should be pointed out that the flag territories are part of the
United States whereas the Micronesian entities are not.
Economic Benefits
should not be the sole consideration.
At the end of the first paragraph, you may wish to add to the end of the first
sentence:
“and make proposals for reform and reorganization of their legal
and policy relations with the Federal government.”
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accurate.
The authority of the High Commissioner is delegated by the
Secretary of the Interior under an executive order.
Therefore, with the
problems in Palau, it is possible that the operation of the High Commissioner
may be phased out prior to formal termination.
It would be more appropriate