National Security Action Memorandum No. 229: Pacific Trust Territories

Kennedy, John F. (1963-03-21). National Security Action Memorandum No. 229: Pacific Trust Territories. NSAM 229: Pacific Trust Territories (Report). Washington, DC: The White House. p. 2.

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Abstract: National Security Action Memorandum 229 (March 21, 1963) requesting interagency report on progress in U.S. policy toward the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands following NSAM 145; directs Secretaries of State, Defense, Interior, and Health, Education and Welfare to assess conditions across key domains including United Nations Trusteeship Council relations, opening of the territories to external engagement, education, economic development, Congressional appropriations, and legislative status; explicitly identifies preparation for an eventual plebiscite on political status as a central objective; requires coordination through National Security Council staff; establishes baseline policy questions and information requirements that informed subsequent commissioning of the U.S. Government Survey Mission under NSAM 243; provides evidence of early 1963 White House oversight and structuring of Trust Territory policy prior to formal survey and program development.