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COMMONWEALTH OF 



THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 



Statement of Jesus C. Borja 



June 1, 1995 



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WASHINGTON 



September 17, 1990 



The Honorable Benjamin T. Manglona 



Lt. Governor/Chairman 



Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 



Capitol Hill 



Saipan, MP 96950 



Mr. Timothy W. Glidden 



Special Representative of the President 



for Consultations with the Commonwealth 



of the Northern Mariana Islands 

 U.S. Department of the Interior 

 Washington, DC 20240 



Dear Chairman Manglona and Representative Glidden: 



This letter Is in response to your letter of April 12, 1990, 

 relating to Pacific tuna fisheries. 



The Administration agrees that representatives of the CNMI 

 should be part of any delegation conducting negotiations on the 

 conservation and management of tuna off the coast of the Northern 

 Mariana Islands. (In this regard, we note that neither the South 

 Pacific tuna treaty nor the driftnet convention relates to 

 fisheries off the Northern Mariana Islands. ) Representatives of 

 the CNMI might also be included on United States delegations 

 negotiating on these and other matters concerning South Pacific 

 tuna fisheries when to do so would assist the work of the 

 delegation. 



The Administration agrees with the other recommendation in 

 the letter that the United States should assist the CNMI, to the 

 extent necessary and appropriate, in conserving and managing tuna 

 resources off the Northern Mariana islands. 



Sincerely, 



AAjl 



Ede Holiday 



Assistant to the President 



and Secretary of the Cabinet 



Exhibit 3 



