without such approval except as otherwise provided by law, or Secretarial Order of the United States Secretary of the Interior. PASSED: January 22, 1990 Approved on this ___ 2_4_th ____ day of ___ J_fl_n_u_arv--'-. ------• 1990. -37-Annex IV EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. B4 REPUBLIC cff PALAu (jk t/ rkgr~ NGIRA TKEL E'Il'ISON President P.O. Box 100, KOfOf, PilaU 96940 Pllonet 128/403 Telex• 7214!1U F1111 11162 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 84 Proclaiming 1990 as the Date Free Association United states of and Setting Forth Tuesday, February for the 7th Plebiscite on·the Compact between the Republic of Palau and America. 6, of the WHEREAS, future political status negotiations with the Government of the United States were commenced in 1969 by Political status Commission established by the Congress of Micronesia to speak for and on behalf of all the people of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and WHEREAS, during ensuing political status negotiations, the former Administrative District of the Northern Marianas opted for and concluded a Commonwealth covenant with the United states which became the basis for its political status; and WHEREAS, the other six remaining administrative districts of Palau, Yap, Truk, Pohnpei, .Kosrae, and the Marshalls chose to pursue future political status relationship with the United States on the basis of the political status of free association; and WHEREAS, .subsequent to the 1978 Micronesian-wide constitutional referendum whereby the then proposed Constitution for the Federated States of Micronesia was ratified by the voters of Kosrae, Pohnpei, Truk and Yap, but was disapproved by the Palau and the Marshall Islands voters, thereafter Governments of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshal! Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, bilaterally continued separate future political status discussions with the united States but still under the framework of free association relationship; and 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a historical document related to the political status of Palau, a Pacific island nation. The content discusses negotiations and agreements between Palau and the United States, with a focus on the concept of "free association." The language used is formal and official, suggesting that it may be an executive order or a proclamation. Given the context, it is likely that the document is related to international relations or diplomacy.

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