further agreed that the U. S. proposal represented an important and realistic step toward the resumption of negotiations, and believe that it could form an acceptable basis for negotiations. At subsequent “Committee meetings, we shall keep you posted ‘on Micronesian political "°* status negotiations because the outcome could affect programs administered by your agencies. For example, in the "Compact of Free Association," there is no provision for federal programs other than postal services, weather services, and FAA administrative services. Other federal programs may be provided at the request of the Micronesians and agreement of the U. S. government. — Therefore, in the unlikely event that the Compact is agreed to, one could envision a major reduction of federal programs for the Trust Territory. In terms of priorities, from now until the end of the Trusteeship agreement, greater emphasis will be placed on economic development and on infrastruction in the Trust Territory than in the past. American Samoa American Samoa will elect for the first time its own governor and . MEWLY os . . Lt. governor this fall, and the nearly elected officials will take office after the first of the year. We would not anticipate any changes of delivery of federal programs or services to American Samoa. Interior expects to establish a Government Comptroller for American Samoa who would function in a manner similar to the Government Comptrollers of ode al Guam and the Virgin Islands.