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American territory.
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Nations Trusteeship Agreement is the governing authority.
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does not have sovereignty.
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That is one aspect.
The governing authority has an administrative
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organz ation under this trusteeship agreement.
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administrative organization has its home base ds far as
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Washington is concerned in the Departent of Interior after
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the transition from Havy to Interior for tha function.
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The central office of the administrator of the trust
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territories is presently at Honolulu, and will probably be
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moved either to Guam or Truk within a few months, the idea
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being to make it more central.
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administrative centers.
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But at least that is the
They have various district centers and administrat ofs
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and that is the adninistrative framework which exists.
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has seemed to. us that any departure from that administrative
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pattern would run at once into the questions of legality and
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even more importantly from the practical standpoint it would
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lead to confusion.
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the Marshal Islanders themselves, as they look at things,
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would see on}y one agency.
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Therefore, it seemed very important that
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Trust Territories.
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