of the compact with respect to Palau. Discussions with President Haruo Remeliik and his Administration on matters relating to the compact approval process and its ultimate i.IIIPlementatiOn were now taking place. The united States Government -8- sincerely appreciated Palau's support for the termination of the trusteeship for the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Northern Mariana Islands during 1985. 53. The Senior Adviser said that his Government felt honoured to have been charged with trusteeship responsibilities for Micronesia. The fact that each of the political jurisdictions of the Trust Territory had freely and without reservation chosen to create and maintain preferential and special ties with the United States after termination of the Trusteeship Agreement constituted the final and lasting judqement of his country's performance under the trusteeship. 54. The United States was also proud that all fou,r entities had freely chosen a governmental system based on the representative democrary practised in the United States and other countries of the free world. They were all committed to the protection of fundamental freedoms, human rights and the rights of minorities. I 55. Mr. Tosiwo Nakayama, President of the Federated States of Micronesia and Special Representative of the Administering Authority, recalled that in the plebiscite of June 1983 observed by a visiting mission of the United Nations 3-/ the / people of the Federated States had voted by a substantial majority to approve a compact of free association with the United States. In 1984, the Trusteeship Council had endorsed the Visiting Mission's conclusion that the plebiscite constituted a free and fair expression of the people's wishes as to their future political status. 13/ - 56. The Special Representative stressed that the people of the Federated States had approved the compact after long and tedious negotiations. They now wished to 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the international relations and politics between the United States and several Pacific Island nations, specifically Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. The language used suggests that the focus is on the agreements and compacts between these nations, as well as the democratic processes and values shared among them.

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International trade, Education