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One could at least postulate that there is in such a country 

 a political desire to insure that its position on territorial 

 claims might prevail. 



There also may be countervailing forces which involve 

 the honest recognition that there is a conservation problem 

 that can only be solved through some form of an effective 

 international agreement. 



So I think that at least there is some ground for arguing 

 that there is hope for a consensus which will help to achieve 

 an acceptable objective for all concerned. 



MR. JAMES BARNES: What would the U.S. do, or what do we 

 think we might do if it were presented in the context of 

 this next special session that "country x" refused to sign 

 onto a limited resources regime unless its claim were — you 

 know -- given some recognition by -- even a token payment — 

 for example, something that would in effect go beyond the 

 provisions of Article IV and actually enhance their claim. 



Do we have a position on that? Are we going to have a 

 firm position on that? 



MS. BAILLY: That's extremely unlikely to happen, given 

 this unanimously agreed document that specifically raises 

 that compromise and says that the compromise is not to be 

 upset. I think that would be extremely unlikely and I think 

 think that we would go back to this document. 



I think the understanding was quite clear at the meeting 

 as well; so that it would be very unlikely, I think. 



CHAIRMAN BREWSTER: I only said, that doesn't mean it 

 won't be raised. 



MR. JAMES BARNES: As to a moratorium again, is this an 

 idea that the United States might consider presenting at the 

 next session? 



Because I think there are a number of groups — in fact, 

 we have considered submitting a statement today but we don't 

 have it in a fashion that I think would be appropriate to 

 submit -- but I think there would be general concensus among 

 most of the environmental groups that we have talked to, that 

 an interim moratorium along the lines of what the American 

 Fisheries gentleman suggested, makes an awful lot of sense 

 in view of the paucity of data that we have about the area etc. 



