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.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (55)

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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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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