More Micronesian Talks
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No clear picture has yet emerged about the future political status of the US Trust Territory. The US Ambassador to the Trust Territory, Franklin Williams, recently told a sub-committee of the House Interior Committee in Washington that con siderable progress had been made in negotiations, but that uncertainty within Micronesia was making status negotiations “more difficult”.
The Congress of Micronesia had neither approved nor rejected joint agreements of a partial draft compact about the future.
Agreement had still to be reached m areas of finance, trade and com merce, nationality, transition and termination. Further negotiations were needed about the US military land requirements in the Palau district.
The next round of talks will be held in Washington in May.