Word: micronesia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Micronesia, each of the three great archipelagoes (Marshalls, Marianas and Carolines) has some atolls or mountain tops which the U.S. wants: Kwajalein and Eniwetok, Saipan and Tinian, Truk and Palau. The U.S. does not need the numberless neighboring islands, with tens of thousands of backward, simple natives, but has announced no policy for their trusteeship or control-because the military and civilian departments within the Government are fighting with each other. Final disposition of the islands must await the signing of a peace treaty-and the Russians are already warming up a propaganda campaign against "U.S. imperialism...