aan glaven degrees twenty-nine minutes (11°29') Poruy-three minutes (11°43') north latitude dread sixty-five degrees eleven minutes (165°11') ana ine hundrei sixty-five degrees thirty-five minutes (165°35') east Lingiiude 17. carte The varsnall, Caroline and Mariana Islands are the component of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (hereinafter "Sne Trust Territory"), also known as Micronesia. 18, Mieronesia is located in the Western Pacific and consists o> mere then 2,900 islands and atolls with a total land area of slv £37 square miles dispersed throughout an ocean area ABS oF more whan 3,00°,900 square miles. -3. ast a Pursuant to 2a Congressional Joint Resolution of July 18 15-7, SL Scat. 397, President Harry S. Truman approved, FR on behalf | * Sethes “3 of whe Vnited Staves, tne Trusteeship Agreement for the Former, Terzvitory, ‘including ourselves, # the people of Bikini Atoll. cc che Trusteesnin Agreement, . . . promote the development of the in- heclzvants of che Trust Territory toward 3ellf-zovernment orm independence (Article Z(1)7; - - - 3) ‘ varticipation in govern-~ snition to the customs of “providing a system of y [Article 6(1)]; economic advancement and selfinhabitants . . . [Article . - wo he inhabitants against the nas and resources .. - L Se a