164 



are found in our contract. Should these promises to KPC be 

 broken, it would indeed be unfortunate, but my company can be 

 reimbursed with money. Breaking the moral commitment made to 

 the people in Southeast Alaska — first in 1951, and again in 

 1980 — and by so doing destroying the entire economic fabric 

 of the region — would be a travesty. Such a breach would 

 destroy lives, families and communities — in ways money could 

 never remedy. As an Alaskan and an American interested in a 

 federal government whose word you can trust, I respectfully 

 request that you consider carefully this issue involving 

 Southeast Alaska before you today. 



2885C 



-30- 



