Micronesia wants
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new status talks
A new Congress of Micronesia Joint Committee on Future Status has been formed to discuss Micronesia’s political future with the US. Chairman of the com mittee, Lazarus Salii (Senator, Palau), said in mid-March that the committee would immediately take steps to see if the US had any plans for continuing the talks.
In the former committee’s report to Congress, the same chairman, Lazarus Salii, said discussions had revealed “pro found differences between the positions of the two sides” (PIM, Sept., p. 18), Whether these differences can be resolved by the new committee remains to be seen.
Other members of the new committee are: Ekpap Silk (Rep.
Marshalls) co-chairman; Edw.
Pangelinan (Marianas); Petrus Tun (Yap); Andon Amaraich (Truk); Tos i w o Nakayama (Truk): Bailey Olter (Ponape); Roman Tmetuchl (Palau); Issac Lanwi (Marshalls), and Repre sentatives Herman Guerrero (Marianas); John Mangefel (Yap), and Olter Paul (Ponape).