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                  Background:
                  Settled as early as 1000 B. C., Samoa was
                  "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th
                  century. International rivalries in the latter half of the
                  19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany
                  and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally
                  occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with
                  the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year. | 
               
             
            
           
                  
                  
             
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