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critical to our success. In the end, Canada was able to accept a 

 treaty that won the endorsement of all segments of the U.S. 

 Delegation. 



It must be emphasized, however, that the Treaty is only one 

 of three products of a broader domestic negotiation. The second 

 is the implementing legislation, and the third is the settlement 

 of certain accounting issues between treaty Indian tribes and the 

 State of Alaska. By its very nature, any international treaty is 

 not intended to resolve all domestic issues. This Treaty, with 

 its many, complex, management facets, leaves an array of internal 

 issues to be resolved by other devices. Implementing legislation 

 must address the fundamental question of allocation of resources 

 and responsibilities among the interested federal agencies, 

 states, treaty Indian tribes, and commercial and recreational 

 fishermen. Settlement of the "All Citizens" lawsuit is essential 

 to the resolution of the accounting issue as it relates to 

 certain Alaskan Chinook harvests. Because of the important 

 relationships between these three matters, the U.S. Delegation 

 agreed that the Treaty, the legislation, and the settlement 

 should all -become effective contemporaneously. I am pleased to 

 report that we are in a position to meet that goal. 



I will discuss only briefly the operation of the Treaty, 

 including the so-called equity principle, and the various fishery 

 regimes established by the treaty. A more elaborate description 

 is contained in the report of the Department of State on the 



