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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nSECRET\n2\nwhich the Compact requires have been negotiated and intialed.\nSeveral of the remaining eleven are as important as the Compact\nitself in shaping the free association relationship. 1st\nThe Trusteeship arrangement has become an anachronism and does\nnot serve our long-term interests. Further, our interests are\nill-served by continued United Nations review and criticism of\nthe U.S. -Micronesian relationship. 1st\nUnited States interests are best served by seeking termination\nof the Trusteeship Agreement at the earliest possible date on\nterms satisfactory to itself and to the governments of Micronesia.\n1st\nThe political status of free association, as set forth in the\nCompact and the subsidiary agreements so far initialed, meets\nthe policy objectives and requirements which derive from our\nstrategic and other interests. Free association will promote\nAmerican interests by:\n-- Creating friendly, politically stable relationships\nas free of friction as any that can be devised;\n-- Orienting the Micronesians to the United States;\n- - Securing firmly United States security and defense\nrequirements;\n-- Helping the Micronesian states to improve their\neconomic condition and to decrease their dependence on the\nUnited States, and doing so at the cost lower than contin-\nuation of the Trusteeship; and\n-- Providing international legitimacy to the Micronesian\nstates. 1st\nFree association, once approved by the Micronesian peoples in a\nplebiscite and by their governments, will be the most effective\nguarantor of our enduring interests in this strategically impor-\ntant area. 1ST\nAccordingly, this Administration will inform the Micronesian\ngovernments that it accepts the initialed Compact and the\ninitialed subsidiary agreements as the basis for conclusion\nof the political status negotiations, provided that the re-\nmaining subsidiary agreements are negotiated to mutual satis-\nfaction. This Administration will also reaffirm its commitment\nto early termination of the United Nations Trusteeship Agreement\nbut need not establish a deadline for so doing. +s)\nIn the context of the resumed political status negotiations, the\nUnited States will reaffirm its commitment to the expenditure of\nSECRET\nSECRET"
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