Subject: Re: Islands in dispute between USA and others
Date: Apr 16, 2005 @ 20:59
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> Mike D. wrote:
>
> > & i like your subsequent truly original finding
> > as well as your laying it at the feet of bush where it apparently actually now
> > belongs
> > as we scribble
> > but are you then just going to stop there
> > or are you going to ask freakin bush
> > hahaha
>
> > or am i supposed to take responsibility for your extravagance & ask him myself
> > hahahaha
>
> Before receiving your question above, I have just sent an e-mail inquiry to
> Nikolau Pula, Director of the Office of Insular affairs. After setting out the
> inconsistencies on the OIA web site concerning the two places in question, I
> asked him:
>
> > What is the current position, if any, of the US government on the status of
> > these islands? Has there been any official determination, or is it the policy
> > just to ignore them? If there has been any official renunciation of the US
> > claims, I would appreciate knowing when and to whom.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA