NEGOTIATIONS ON THE FUTURE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 2001
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• Publication Date: September 18, 1973
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
18 SEP 1973
VIA Deputy Director for Operations
SUBJECT : Negotiations on the Future Political
Status of the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands
1. Action Requested: It is requested that the
attached memorandum be forwarded to the NSC Under
Secretaries Committee over your signature.
2. Background: The attached memorandum asks that
the President make policy decisions in two areas affecting
the current Micronesian status negotiations: (1) Whether
independence ought to be among the options offered the
Micronesian negotiators during the status talks and (2)
how long the moratorium period on unilateral termination
of any compact of free association ought to be. We have
no problems with the material offered in support of these
recommendations.
3. Staff Position: The Office of General Counsel
and the Deputy Director for Intelligence have reviewed the
attached material and concur in the action proposed in
paragraph four below.
4. Recommendation: It is recommended that you sign
the attached memoran um so that it can be forwarded to the
NSC Under Secretaries Committee.
Chief, East Asia Division
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SUBJECT: Negotiations on the Future Political Status
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Please see below for
DDI's comments.
APPROVE :
Deputy:, Director for Operati.ans
*DDI's comments 19 September 1973
Because the memorandum requesting our concurrence or comments
states that they "may be telephoned to Mr. Ruser, " I recommend that we
do that rather than bother the DCI with a memorandum. Further, because
this is strictly a policy paper, I recommend our response be something
like "CIA has no problems with the paper, " rather than concurrence.
S E C R E T
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
Attention: Mr. Brandon Grove, Jr.
Staff Director
SUBJECT Negotiations on the Future Political
Status of the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands
REFERENCE : Your Memorandum, NSC-U/SM-86V, Same
Subject, Dated 11 September 1973
CIA concurs with the draft of the proposed
memorandum to the President forwarded with reference.
W. E. Colby
Director
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE: RECORD
REFERENCES: A. Memo to DCI fr Staff Director, NSC Under
Secretaries Committee (NSC-U/SM 140),
dtd 12 Sept 73
B. Memo to Chairman, Under Secretaries Com-
mittee fr DCI, dtd 4 Oct 73, Subj: CIA
Participation on NSC -U/SM 140: Guam
1. Referenced memorandum A requested that the Agency
participate in a study of U. S. national objectives, policies, and
programs in Guam in order to identify prospective courses of
action by which U. S. interest ma be most effectively fostered.
It is my understanding that C/EA/OCI and Mr. STATINTL
EA/DDO, were initially designated as the Agency
participants in this undertaking.
2. On 2 October called requesting the opinion STATINTL
of this Office regarding the legality of Agency participation in sucbSTATINTL
a study. I advised that while we could certainly advise the group
on intelligence matters (Section 102d of the National ct
of 1947) we did not participate in policy formulation ParTATINTL
graph 22a). Subsequent to that discussion it is my understanding
that C/EA/DDO, the DDI, and the C/EA/OCI met and decided that
the Agency should not participate in the study and that
was to so advise the group at their meeting on 3 October 1973.
3. In subsequent discussions with I learned STATINTL
that the -DCI had written reference B stating his bale that direct
CIA participation in the 'study was inappropriate,' but that the Agen?TATINTL
.. stand's' ready to accept tasking on the foreign aspects of the
problem. r'
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