Strategic Trust Territory

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The Strategic Trust Territory was a United Nations trusteeship in the western Pacific administered by the United States after World War II, notable for its military significance during the Cold War and its eventual transition into several independent nations and U.S.-associated states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations trust territory
former United States-administered territory
former colony
administeredBy United States Department of the Interior
United States Navy
administeringPower United States of America
alsoKnownAs TTPI
capital Hagåtña
linked to: Hagåtña, Guam

Majuro
Ngerulmud
Palikir
Saipan
countryAdministeredBy United States of America
createdBy United Nations Security Council
endDate 1994
endDateEvent termination of United Nations trusteeship
governingBody Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands administration
historicalEra Cold War
post–World War II decolonization
includes Bikini Atoll
Chuuk
linked to: Chuuk State

Eniwetok Atoll
Federated States of Micronesia
Kosrae
linked to: Kosrae State

Marshall Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Pohnpei
Yap
linked to: Yap Islands
language English
various Micronesian languages
legalStatus United Nations trusteeship
locatedIn Micronesia
western Pacific Ocean
militarySignificance important for United States Cold War strategy
nuclearTestsConductedAt Bikini Atoll
Eniwetok Atoll
populationGroup Micronesians
predecessor South Seas Mandate
predecessorAdministeredBy Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan
regionType archipelagic territory
shortName Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
startDate 1947
strategicStatus designated as a strategic area under the UN Charter
successor Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Republic of Palau
linked to: Palau

Republic of the Marshall Islands
linked to: Marshall Islands
successorRelationship Compact of Free Association
U.S. commonwealth status
terminatedBy United Nations Security Council Resolution 956
trusteeshipAgreementApprovedBy United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Security Council
trusteeshipAgreementNumber Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands
usedFor U.S. nuclear weapons testing

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Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands designatedAs Strategic Trust Territory
United Nations trust territory oversightBy Security Council for strategic trust territories
subject linked to: UN Trust Territory
linked to: Strategic Trust Territory