America's Colonial Headaches

Bruce-Briggs, B. (1976-09-07). "America's Colonial Headaches". New York. pp. 26–27.

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Abstract: "...The U.S. controls something called "Micronesia," the last remaining United Nations trust territory. Its 100,000 Inhabitants are not U.S. nationals and are subject to direct U.S. rule, supervised by the UN. We have been trying to develop Micro nesia as a unit, but the natives who live on 100 islands scattered over an expanse of ocean larger than the United States have nothing in common save a history of being ruled successively by Spain, Germany. Japan and the TJ.S. Micronesia is coming apart. The Northern Marianas have al ready indicated their intention of becoming a "commonwealth." with U.S. citizenship, but separatist movements against contin ued membership in Micronesia are afoot in other island groups. For the U.S. it's hardly worth the bother. We have a missile station at Kwajalcln; Japanese interests are investigating possibilities of an oil port at Palau, and there is a little copra produc tion and fishing -and that’s all.."