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On the recordMay 6, 1962
Responsibility for the administration of civil government in all of the trust territory, and all executive, legislative, and judicial authority necessary for that administration, are hereby vested in the Secretary of the Interior.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11021—Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by the Secretary of the Interior

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