5. This is one of the hard facts of life on which enthusiastic administrative Officers sometimes stub their more ambitious toes. It is heartening to hear that members of the Council appreciate the value, and indeed the necessity, of this preliminary research. I should like to thank the distinguisned representative of India for the interesting and illuminating statement that he made yesterday afternoon. I assure the distinguished re- oresentative that his views and suggestions will be carefully studied by the Administering Authority and Samoan leaders. is not quite accurate, however, simply to say, It as I understood nim to say, thot the administering Authority is activated by 4 desire to unload its responsibilities and the Samoans refuse to pick them up. The vosition is rather that the Administering Authority, recognizing its obligations under the Trusteeship Agreement, wishes to give .estern Samo2 self-government in the best form, and by the best method possible, and the Samoan leaders are vondering on exactly wnat is the best form for them, or what is the best way to obtain it, Like so many of us they may, ss suggested, display at times a desire to both have their cake and eat it - they seem sometines to want self-govermnment with New Zealand conveniently handy to assist with advice and, perhsos, to assist in more positive ways if anything goes wrong. But they must, I agree, face up to the fact that power carries with it responsibility. In the light of the Trusteeship Agreement, the administering Authority has to take care not to throw out the baby without his clothes, It cannot simply clear out - it has serious obligations which it must discharge responsibly. The remarks made by the distinguished representative of India concerning institutional reforms and self-administration were most thought-provoking. It is hoped and expected that some institutional reforms will be one outcome of the reconmendations of the Constitutional Convention. 9001030 As far as self- administration is concerned, I should draw the attention of the distinguished representative to my explenatory statement made in .