Le NATURE: OF FINANCING AEOUT THE UNITED STATES ATTITUDE TOWARD MICRONESIAN SOVEREIGNTY e =: THE — &: fF UNITED STATES POSITION APPEARS TO RECOGNIZE MICRONESIAN SOVEREIGNTY iv: "APART FROis THE MATTER OF FINANCINGs THERE REMAIN SOHE GUESTIONS THIS. RESER- o EITHER THE PECPLE GR Tne FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF MICRONESIA, ru ONLY INSOFAR AS IT RELATES TO THE HAKING CF THIS COMPACT. THE UNITED STATES DECLINES TC ACKNOWLEDGE ANY INRERENT SOVEREIGNTY ON THE PART OF VATION Oi THE PART OF THE UNITED STATES MAY YET CREATE SERIOUS PROBLEMS FCR THE NEGCTIATICNS. ALSO» wHILE IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED BY BOTH SIDES THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD H/VE BROAD AUTHORITY IN THE FIELDS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE» THCRE REMAIN SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCE TO THE EXACT SCUPE ANS NATURE OF SUCH AUTHGRITY <= PARTICULARLY iN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. "DESPITE THE WORK THAT REMAINS AHEAD») HOKEVER»s THE MICRONESIAN DELEGATION BELIEVES THAT SOME BASIS FOR AGREEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTA= BLISHED. WHEN THESE NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN» MICRONESIA WAS A TRUST TERRITCPY AND THERE WERE THOSE wHO WOULD HAVE HAD IT REMAIN SO. PAGE FOUR RUHGSAA4596°UNCLAS| 8 te THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL UNITED STATES OFFER WOULD HAVE MADE MICRONESIA A TERRITORY$ THE NEXT WOULD HAVE MADE IT A COMMONWEALTH. THESE MERE NOT ACCEPTABLE PROPOSALS. BUT NOWs AT LAST WE SEE THE EMERGENCEOF A NEW AND UNIGUE POLITICAL STATUS? A SELF-GOVERNING MICRONESIA IN FREE ASSO- IT IS A STATUS THE MICRONESIAN DELE~ ee eens see et enagee GATION 2ELIEVES CAN BE RECOMMENDED TO THE CONGRESS OF MICRONESEA AND The UNITED STATES AND TO THE PEOPLE OF BOTH NATIONS «= AN HONORABLE | | | END TO THE TRUSTEESHIF AND THE BEGINNING OF A NEW NATIONAL LIFE VU | . Department of Energy MICRONESTAs 5002 535 XXXXX Historian’’s Office ARCHIVES A CIATION WITH THE UNITED STATES. fo ry ta »