APPENDIX VI

APPENDIX VI

British
Palau

Commonwealth)
a

than is the

"Republic"

Republic (in the sense of

the

of

Dominican

Republic).
2.

Although

purportedly the Draft Report does not deal

with status, there is a disquieting emphasis on the

"Compact of Free Association for Micronesia," as if
this

Compact offered a model

for

toward all the territories.

Report
Only

U.

S.

policy

From its context, the

appears in this regard to be

contemplating

the other Pacific territories;

nevertheless,

we must note the possibility that many readers will

understand
through

it

to include Puerto

Rico,

as

ignorance or miSinterpretation,

well,

We

confess that we feel almost equally ignorant

must

about

the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall
Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.
is
and

not for us to pass judgment on the
destiny

trusteeship,
proposed

of these 116,000
or

Compact

on

the

aspirations

non-citizens

merits

of

It

the

under
present

achieved for two of these

entities after 15 years of negotiations,

three

at a cost

that would amount to $2.2 billion over the next

15

years.
The

Compact is an accomplished fact and we hope it

will be successful for Micronesia.

apparent

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to

us that the Report

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However,

(in

it is

its. present

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