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Excerpt from U. S. Interests in the South Pacific; Freely Associated States: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the Committee on International Relations and the Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Resources House of Representatives One Hundred Fourth Congress Second Sessi I would note that this hearing brings together the two sub committees that I mentioned. It could not have come at a worse time as far as the subcommittee chairman and Mr. Gallegly is con cerned, because the immigration legislation is on the floor; and if one knows anything about this issue, you would know that Mr. Gallegly is one of the two or three names mentioned most often in the course of the discussion about the legislation. So he will be in that location, I am sure, for the remainder of the afternoon. I would begin my comments by noting that too few people have heard of, let alone understand, our unique relationship with the three Freely Associated States, a relationship that was forged in the aftermath of World War II, and nurtured throughout the cold war. For those in the audience who may not be familiar with this relationship, let me provide a brief historical review. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.