U.S. Policy with Respect to the International Protection of Whales

U.S. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF WHALES

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

H. Con. Res. 54

49-631 O

MAY 8, JUNE 19, AND SEPTEMBER 19, 1985

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1985

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida, Chairman

LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana
GUS YATRON, Pennsylvania
STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York
DON BONKER, Washington
GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts
DAN MICA, Florida

MICHAEL D. BARNES, Maryland
HOWARD WOLPE, Michigan
GEO. W. CROCKETT, JR., Michigan
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
MERVYN M. DYMALLY, California
TOM LANTOS, California

PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey
LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California

HARRY REID, Nevada

MEL LEVINE, California

EDWARD F. FEIGHAN, Ohio

TED WEISS, New York

GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York

BUDDY MACKAY, Florida

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona

WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California JIM LEACH, Iowa

TOBY ROTH, Wisconsin

OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine

HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois

GERALD B.H. SOLOMON, New York

DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska

MARK D. SILJANDER, Michigan

ED ZSCHAU, California

ROBERT K. DORNAN, California

CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey CONNIE MACK, Florida

MICHAEL DEWINE, Ohio

DAN BURTON, Indiana

JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona

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Wednesday, May 8, 1985:

Hon. Don Bonker, a Representative in Congress from the State of Wash-

ington.......

Craig Van Note, executive vice president, Monitor...

Mark Cheater, wildlife legislative director, Greenpeace

Campbell Plowden, whale campaign coordinator, Humane Society of the

United States........

Robbins Barstow, volunteer executive director, Connecticut Cetacean So-

ciety.

Robert J. McManus, general counsel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration..

Wednesday, June 19, 1985: subcommittee markup (no witnesses)
Thursday, September 19, 1985: full committee markup, (no witnesses)..

MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

Letter from Edward E. Wolfe, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans
and Fisheries Affairs, to Hon. Gus Yatron, indicating why a representative
of the Department of State would not be testifying at the hearing on May 8. 5

APPENDIXES

1. Letter dated April 5, 1985 from Clarence Brown, Acting Secretary of

Commerce, to His Excellency Shintaro Abe, Minister of Foreign Affairs of

Japan, indicating an understanding between the Government of the United

States and Japan on the Schedule to the International Convention for the

Regulation of Whaling

2. Letter dated April 5, 1985 from His Excellency Nobuo Matsunaga, Ambas-

sador of Japan, to Hon. Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, trans-

mitting a copy of the letter from Minister Abe regarding Japan's objection

to subparagraph 10(e) of the Schedule to the International Convention for

the Regulation of Whaling 1946.....

3. Letter dated December 11, 1984, from His Excellency Yoshio Okawara,