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FROM SPD
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK:
STATES OF MICRONESIA.
PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP OF THE FEDERATED
FCO TELNO 36(
1. YOU MAY ALREADY BE AWARE THAT THE FEDERATED STATES OF
MICRONESIA (FSM) HAVE APPLIED TO JOIN THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
2. WE HAVE RECOMMENDED TO THE MINISTER THAT THE UK GOVERNOR ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE APPLICATION BY FSM SINCE WE CANNOT YET RECOGNISE
PARTS OF THE UN TRUST TERRITORIES AS INDEPENDENT STATES UNTIL THE TRUSTEESHIP IS FORMALLY TERMINATED. THE UK SYMPATHISES WITH INDEPENDENCE ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLES OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA BUT IT IS THE UK'S VIEW THAT THE TERRITORIES ARE
STILL SUBJECT TO UN TRUSTEESHIP.
3. WE HOPE THAT HONG KONG WILL ABSTAIN WITH US ON THIS ISSUE AS
THEY DID ON THE APPLICATION OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
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