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Text of S. 2102.

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Text of interim convention on conservation of North Pacific fur seals and

protocol amending the interim convention on conservation of North

Pacific fur seals.

Text of Bureau of Commercial Fisheries regulations (title 50, U.S.C.,

pt. 215).

Agency comments:

Department of Agriculture, dated February 18, 1966..
Civil Service Commission, dated February 18, 1966-

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, dated February 23,
1966.

Department of the Interior, dated February 17, 1966.
Department of Justice, dated February 21, 1966-
Department of Labor, dated October 15, 1966.
Department of State, dated February 18, 1966-

September 9, 1965, St. Paul Island, Alaska

Department of the Treasury, dated February 18, 1966-

Statement of-

Baker, Ralph C., Assistant Director for Resources Development,

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, U.S. Department of the Interior__

Bowman, Willard L., executive director, State Commission for Human

Rights, State of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska......-

Gromoff, Elary, St. Paul Island, Alaska-

Gromoff, Rev. Smile, St. Paul Island, Alaska

Lestenkof, Father Lester D., rector, St. Paul Island, Alaska.

Merculieff, Iliodor, president, St. Paul Community Council, St. Paul

Island, Alaska; accompanied by Terenty Philemonoff, Iosef Melo-

vidov, Ignaty Hapoff, Michael Zachafoff, Daria Kochutin, Edna

Philemonof, Simeon Swetzof, Nicolai Melovidov, Iliodor Kozloff,

Auxenty Stepetin, Alexander Melovidov, council members__

Merculief, Nikander, St. George Island, Alaska.-

Merculief, Mrs. Susie, St. George Island Community Council, St.

George Island, Alaska; accompanied by Peter Lekanof, Álvin

Lestenkof, Peter Merculief, Alexay Merculief, Nicolai S. Merculief,

and Ilarion Philemonof__

Stepetin, Gabriel, St. Paul Island, Alaska-
Tetoff, John, St. Paul Island, Alaska...

February 18, 1966, Washington, D.C.

McKernan, Donald L., Director, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; accom-
panied by David Storer, staff economist; Ralph Baker, Assistant
Director for Resource Development; and David Finnegan, Solicitor
General's Office__

Merculieff, Iliodor, president, St. Paul Community Council, St. Paul

Island, Alaska; accompanied by Terenty Philemenoff, vice president,

St. Paul Community Council_

Wade, Hon. Hugh J., secretary, State of Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, pre-

senting statement of Hon. William A. Egan, Governor of the State

of Alaska._.

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Letters received from-

Baker, Ralph C., Assistant Director, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries,

Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., dated November 1,

1965---

Callison, Charles H., assistant to the president, National Audubon
Society, 1130 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., dated February 24,
1966.

Egan, Hon. William A., Governor of the State of Alaska, dated April
6, 1966.

Gutermuth, C. R., vice president, Wildlife Management Institute,
Wire Building, Washington, D.C., dated February 24, 1966----

Merculieff, Iliodor, president, St. Paul Island Community Council, St.

Paul Island, Alaska, dated October 5, 1965___

Ruddock, Andrew E., Director, Bureau of Retirement and Insurance,
U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D.C., dated April 28,

1966__

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