12/13/1983
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"We are honored by the choices of the peoples and leaders of the two new freely associated States to associate with us in close and long-lasting relationships."
"I am gratified that the people of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, after nearly forty years of Trusteeship, have freely chosen to establish a relationship o..."
"They never met a tax they didn't like."
"Today I am pleased to announce the beginning of new relationships between the United States and the island groups that have emerged from the Pacific Islands Trust Territory."