GUAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00793R000100270005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 12, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Under Secretary of Interior
SUBJECT: Guam
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Brandon Grove , J
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Staff Director
The Chairman requests that a study of T.US national
objectives, po.l_icies, and programs in Guam be under-.
t:alc.en to i.dent.ify prospective courses of act--,ion by u-J---L-j-ch
US interest may most effectively be Post:ie'reci. The
pos,al for such a study C%,a s addressed to the Chairman on
August 1.4~ 1.973 by the Denu.1ty Secret:arv of Dcfen.se, and
This study will be conciucte.:j and or the chairmanship
of the Department: of the l.nt:erior, w:L00 represen}.tc i.:i.vi S
of the addressee The study and a cover-
ing memorandum to the President should be comp l_e to ci no
later than De ceteber 17, 1.973 for circul_at.ion to the
membership.
Addr_c,;sees are requested to designate -L-Alaeilr
representative as soon as possible to Mr. Su:anley
Carpentter, Director of T'c'rritori.a_L Affairs, Depart:m?'nt,
of tlLC_ Interior, whose t:eiepl-Lone number is 343.,6971. -
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SUBJECT: Proposed Under SecrOtarics CornrnitLee Study: Guam (U)
(C) In his letter of 29 June 1973 to the President reporting the
progress of the Marianas Status Negotiations, the President's Personal
Representative for Micronesian Status Negotiations also referred to
the growing ferment on Guam regarding its political status and sug-
gested that the US Government should -f i rid ways to respond no+:r to what
he considers will shortly become very persistent requests from the
Guaman i ans to refashion their political status.
(C) The ongoing status talks in the Trust Territories have placed a
new complication on the role of Guam as a US Territory and military
support community. The Guamanians, witnessing the -Trust Territories
negotiations, see an opportunity to change their status to a common-
wealth, to statehood, or even to seek independence.
(C,) in addition, informal appraisals indicate that Guamanian pressures
to achieve political and social improvements can be expected to increase
steadily as they see their fellow Chamorroans in the Trust Territories
acquire near advantages. There is also evidence of growing alienation
among the Guamanians. For instance:
a. The Guamanians are affected daily by decisions from Washington,
yet they feel the lack of a ''front office" or direct contact with the
US Government. This dissatisfaction stems from the fact that their
member of Congress is not authorized to vote in Congress nor are their
people, allovmd to vote in national elections for the President.
b. Most Guaman i ans feel their land, beaches, and resources have
been taken for uses other than their own. They believe they are being
treated as second-class citizens, and 1 i tt l e organized effort has-been
made to bring them up to American standards.
c. Of even greater significance to US intcrests are Guamanian
feelirids concerning their economic futurep. They appear to be placing
their hopes on Lour ism, mostly from Japan. They readily accept Japanese
,r investments, but they resent the economic penetration and growing
inFlueicc of such outside capital. Nevertheless, they are weaving
strong ties with Japan,
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(C)? Stratf:'.C31cal iy, 5 forward basing in the I;ie`_sLer n racific is
bC: G:'lll q
a ,4sit ter of I Ilcreas i ng concern as a r'C:su I t of the rove s i orl of Ql: l il: :11,
COilso I I dat i ons in Japan, the peace t1C]t"C emcn t in V,i etnar11, base neq?o L i a L i ons
in the. Phi I i pipi tics and other penslr:?10 future G.--'VeIojpreats, herele e,
i11 addiiIon to US ehIorts in the banianls, the United Slates must iliaivitalirl
ai1Cl preserve: i t s m l ] itary posture, in Guava:
(C) in vie,'l of the above, it is necessary to reexamine US national
ob joc.ti ve_;, policies and programs in Guam. This should be done with a
Vi?'.'1 tos~ards assisting Guam in planning an I ochievinq the goals and
Lisp I rations Of the local corillllun i ty. I f the United State. s is going to
maintain and protect its relationships and military posture in Guam,
action must be initiated now to preclude unfulfilled expectations of the
inhabitants of Guam from jeopardizing future US national interests in
that area.
(C) Therefore, it is with some. urgency that I recommend that an NSC
Under Secretaries Committee Stucly be initiated to examine the political,
security, economic, and social asp=ects of Guam, and identify prospective
courses of action by which US interests may be preserved.
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