History of Micronesia5 - Part010

MARCH TOWARD SELF-GOVERNMENT
1960-1980. This final segment surveys the changes in US administration policies that began with President Kennedy with a focus on improvement of education and health services. The list of government employees expanded, along with the population of the towns. The Congress of Micronesia offered new leadership roles and a vision of full self-government, but also revealed the fissures in an area that had been unified for a century under foreign rule.