In This Issue

U.S. SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE PACIFIC -| 2 Commander-in-Chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Admiral William J. Crowe Jr, offers the U.S. view on issues of Pacific security, and makes particular reference to the problems now facing the ANZUS Alliance.

BEHIND THE QANTAS/AIR PACIFIC DEAL PlM’s -I 7 Suva correspondent and staff writers in Sydney explain the background to the successful bid by Australia’s national airline to manage the affairs of its Fiji counterpart.

THE 24TH SOUTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE in -| 0 Noumea in October was effectively dominated by the matter, of who was going to fill the post of secretary general of the South Pacific Commission, reports Helen Fraser.

HONORING R. W. ROBSON PIM publisher Garry 23 Barker pays tribute to the magazine’s founder, who died on October 14 at the age of 99. L. G. Usher and Stuart Inder offer personal reminiscences of a remark able man.

MICRONESIA ’B4 Floyd K. Takeuchi reviews the 29 year, and sees no particularly smooth and easy path ahead for ’B5.

FRANK HURLEY’S PAPUA A new book presents a 43 brilliant record of the great Australian photographer’s visits to Papua in 1920 and 1923.

END OF A JOURNEY Roberto and Marco Pettini 47 end their long journey through Melanesia with visits to the Vanuatu islands of Santo and Tanna.