Problems of the Administration of the Pacific Trust Territory
Midkiff, Frank E (1953-07-06). "Problems of the Administration of the Pacific Trust Territory". The Department of State Bulletin. 29 (736): 32.
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Abstract: Statement by Frank E. Midkitt, Special U.S. Representative to the U.N. Trusteeship Council.
Made in the Trusteeship Council on June 28 and re- leased to the press on the same date by the U.S. Mission to the U.N. Mr. Midkift was appointed by the President on Mar. 13 as High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, succeeding the late Elbert Thomas.
"I am happy to appear here before you as special representative of the United States to assist in your review of the report on the administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands for the year July 1951 to June 1952. Almost a full year has elapsed since the period of the report. Although I, myself, have been in office only a little over 3 months I shall endeavor— using in part the experience of a recent 5-week tour of the trust territory—to bring you up to date on developments regarding some of the major problems in which I am sure the Council is interested.
"I should like to say that we derived much benefit from the presence of the Council's Visiting Mission with us at Honolulu and throughout the territory. Their understanding of our problems and their thorough and patient examination of every phase of our administration has been most encouraging. In the opening paragraph of chapter 1 of its report, the mission has stated the three factors that make our problem of administration of the Trust Te r r i t o r y of the Pacific Islands particularly diffi- cult and challenging. These factors are, first, the vast oceanic zone over which the very small land areas are scattered; second, the negligible re- sources; and third, the diversity of the population. The mission's report gives a concise description of each of these factors. I would emphasize that the problems arising from the geography, the meager resources, and the diverse population are numer- ous. I feel, however, that continual progress is being made by the administration in meeting these problems..."
