Did anyone in the USA government think about the legal implications of the fact that legally the Bikini A te ol was not American territory, but part of a United Nations Trust Territory supposed to be governed on behalf of the people living there?
Yes and it didnt help. The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was designated as a ‘Strategic Area’ and the Trust was supervised by the Security Council, not the General Assembly as all other Trust Territories were. The trust could only be terminated by the Security Coucil on which the US had a veto,
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