a, : _ : a , 13 ' Micronesia’s Compact: Meeting Uncle Sam’s Needs "While the strategic forces based on Guam will no doubt remain there, the proposed base for Tinian could also accomodate strategic forces in addition to general purpose forces and storage facilities. If, in the event U.S. bases in foreign countries in the Western Pacific are lost or redvzed some of the forces from these bases could be redeployed to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands." --Lt. Col. E.E. Perry, U.S. Army War College, 1973. ~~ an, "Tf...the Government of the United States requires the use ef areas within Palau, the Marshall Islands or the Federated States ef Micronesia in addition to those for which specific arrangements are concluded pursuant to Section 321(a), it may request the Government concerned to satisfy those requirements through leases or other arrangments. The Government 7.f Palau, the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia shall sympathetically consider any such request and shall establish suitable procedures to discuss it with and provide a prompt response to the Government of the United States." --Section 321(b), Compaet of Free Association. “The only feasible fall back position (from Asia) is unquestionably located in Micronesia where islands bases unlike those in S.E. Asia would be under permanent U.S. control. Because of its excellent facilities and permanent political relationship with the U.S., Guam would certainly be the center of any increased U.S. military activity in the area. It has minimal value, however, without U.S. control of the entire Trust Territory. “Palau has excellent anchorages, Ponape and Babelthuap have land areas in excess of 100 square miles and are suitable for nuclezsr wezpons storage and training areas. --Lt. Co. A.R. Giroux, U.S. Army War College, 1973. ~ * ee ...The Government of the United States may conduct within the lands, waters and airspace of Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia the activities and operations necessary for the exercise of its authority and responsibility (for defense)." --Section 31., Compact of Free Association. “The widely scattcrcd islands of Micronesia provide needed dispersion (of military bases) in the nuclear age. By using several islands to support a complex of military bases instead of comcentrating on a single island such as Guam, an enemy would find it extremely difficult to destroy U.S. defenses with a single coordinated nuclear attack." -~-Le. Col. G.W.T. Loo, U.S. Army War College, 1973. Continued on Page 14