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COMMONWEALTH OF 



THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 



Statement of Jesus C. Borja 



June 1, 1995 



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 benefit of the people of the Northern Marianas. 



Later in 1990, the White House wrote the Special Representa- 

 tives to tell of the Administration's agreement that representa- 

 tives of the Commonwealth should be part of any United States 

 delegation conducting negotiations on the conservation and man- 

 agement of tuna "off the coast" of the Northern Marianas and 

 could be included on other delegations for other Pacific tuna 

 negotiations if their participation "would assist the work of the 

 delegation." The Administration also agreed that the United 

 States should support the Commonwealth in conserving and managing 



tuna resources "off the Northern Mariana Islands" "to the extent 



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necessary and appropriate. 1 



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Letter, April 12, 1990, Timothy W. Glidden, Special Repre- 

 sentative of the President & Benjamin T. Manglona, et al . , Spe- 

 cial Representatives of the Governor, to President George Bush, 

 reprinted in Compilation of Documents from the Eighth Round of 

 the Covenant Section 902 Consultations 293 (1990). A copy of 

 this letter is attached as Exhibit 2 to this statement. 



33 Letter, Sept. 17, 1990, Ms. Ede Holiday, Special Assistant 

 to the President and Secretary of the Cabinet, to Benjamin T. 

 Manglona, Chairman, Special Representatives of the Governor, and 

 Timothy W. Glidden, Interim Special Representative of the Presi- 

 dent, reprinted in Compilation of Documents from the Ninth Round 

 of the Covenant Section 902 Consultations 54 (1990). A copy of 

 this letter is attached as Exhibit 3 to this statement. 



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