agreed. CAR Convenient. CGC Quite. CAR So, was there any follow-up to the first speech of the governor to the U.N. visiting mission in 1977? CGC Yes, that  mission to the territory generated a degree of momentum, and we began annual participation in the work of the Decolonization Committee and its subcommittees, about 1979. This lasted until 2006... CAR When you left government? CGC Yes, it seems that the new government discontinued                          the practice. CAR What do you think the reason was for the shift in policy? CGC I am not in the position to know. CAR But was this wise? I mean, this is a forum which can influence the political development of the territory isn't it? CGC Look, every government has the right to decide on its own policies. Aside from that, I invoke the words of former U.S. President George Bush who said after leaving office, "I owe my successor my silence." ***** CAR OK, so during this early period, what was the nature of the Virgin Islands participation? What were some of the issues discussed at the U.N. regarding the Virgin Islands ? CGC Well, in the beginning, from the eighties the focus was on presenting information on the economic, political and social developments in the territory.  This served to provide more detail than the general background available to the U.N. at that time. Up to the beginning of the 1990s, we also presented at the Subcommittee on Small Territories where there was in-depth examination of