Coming Our Way
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UN Mission for Trust Territories
FOUR members of the Trusteeshio Council of the United Nations left New York on April 5 to visit the following Pacific Trust Territories:— • United States Trust Territory of Caroline, Marshall and Mariana Islands. • The British-Australian-New Zealand Trust Territory of Nauru. • The Australian Trust Territory of New Guinea. • The New Zealand Trust Territory of Western Samoa.
The mission is the first of its kind to function in this way. It was appointed by the Trusteeship Council in January, 1950, and is to report back in August.
Nothing is known of its itinerary.. It is expected to spend some weeks in Micro nesia.
Its peregrinations are not viewed with any favour by the new non-Socialist 'Governments of Australia and New Zea land (resnonsible for New Guinea, Nauru and Western Samoa) who do not welcome interference in their already difficult problems of Administration. Certain elements of the Trusteeship Council have an unenviable reputation as mischief makers, in connection with “colonial” ad ministration; and their fame has pre ceded them.