On 6 March they reached the Marianas and Guam.

Its main mission, recently redefined, is the land defence of the Marianas Islands.

This move came as a surprise the Japanese had expected the next U.S. target to be farther to the south, either the Carolines or the Palaus, and had protected the Marianas with only 50 land based aircraft.

(a) National conference on quot A Time of Change Relations between the United States, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands quot , held at Washington, D.C., in February (see para. 97)

97. The Chairman represented the Special Committee at a national conference on quot A Time of Change Relations between the United States, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands quot , held at Washington, D.C., from 8 to 11 February 1993.