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 CIS NO: 90-H381-19
 TITLE: U.S. Interests in the South Pacific.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+92 p.
 DATE: July 27, 1989
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 101-1             SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:So8/49
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 LC CARD NO: 90-600449               MC ENTRY NO: 90-9017

 Hearing before the Subcom on Asian and Pacific Affairs to review recent
 developments and U.S. interests and policies in the South Pacific region.
   Supplementary material (p. 75-92) includes an article.
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Pacific regional issues and US policies
 DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS. HOUSE; PACIFIC OCEAN
     AREA; FOREIGN.RELATIONS

 90-H381-19 TESTIMONY NO: 1         July 27, 1989 p. 4-92
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WILLIAMS, RICHARD L. (Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian
        and Pacific Affairs, Department of State)
     FORD, CARL W., JR. (Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary,
        International Security Affairs, DOD)
     REESE, THOMAS H., III (Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia and the
        Near East, AID)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Overview of recent developments in the South
     Pacific, including political instability in Fiji and other regional
     island nations; review of U.S. policies and strategic interests in the
     South Pacific; analysis of Soviet relations with regional island
     nations; objectives of U.S. foreign assistance programs in regional
     island nations (summaries, p. 75-84); rationale for U.S. decision not to
     sign the protocols of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty.
 INSERTION: 
     -- "Oceania: A Regional Study" historical background on WWII
        activities in the South Pacific, excerpt from Army Handbook on
        Oceania, June 1984 (p. 85-92).
 CONTENT NOTATION: South Pacific regional issues and US policies
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE;
     AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL.DEFENSE; SOVIET UNION;
     ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT; TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS; HISTORY
     ("Oceania: A Regional Study" excerpt on WWII activities in the South
     Pacific); WORLD WAR II ("Oceania: A Regional Study" excerpt on WWII
     activities in the South Pacific); ARMY ("Oceania: A Regional Study"
     excerpt on WWII activities in the South Pacific); DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE;
     FIJI; FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE; SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY