8 American Alaskan Islands Were Given by Executive Agreement to Russia without a Treaty or Congress

I just "found" this information.

With the other thread today about Siberia potentially being fast-tracked to become part of the United States, I thought the following information deserved some of our attention too.

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The giveaway of 8 American Alaskan islands and vast resource-rich seabeds to the Russians is underway by the U.S. State Department in the guise of an agreement on a maritime boundary between Alaska and Siberia.


The problem is that this line places on the Russian side 8 American Alaskan islands along with their 200-mile seabeds. It amounts to a giveaway of not only the land territory, but also hundreds of thousands of square miles of seabeds to the Russians. There is no quid pro quo for the American public or for the State of Alaska.

These seabeds are rich in oil, gas, fisheries, and other resources worth billions of dollars. The oil and gas potential is measured in the billions of barrels. The fisheries are in the hundreds of millions of pounds per year, reflecting that Alaska is the number one fishing state in the nation.



The 8 American Alaskan Islands



Political Battle over Maritime Boundary Agreement



The State of Alaska was ignored.



Recommended Corrective Actions

1. Congress should pass legislation memorializing the policy that maritime boundaries can be established only by treaty, and that if a maritime boundary affects a state's territory, sovereignty, jurisdiction, or property interests, then the state must participate in the negotiations and consent to the terms that affect the state.

2. Congress should hold hearings to require the State Department to reveal (a) any and all actions, directives, and personnel involved in implementing its maritime boundary executive agreement, and (b) any actions, directives, and personnel involved in recognizing Russian control or sovereignty over Wrangell, Herald, Bennett, Jeannette, Henrietta, or Copper Islands or Sea Otter Rock or Sea Lion Rock.

3. The State Department should expand on the "Fact Sheet" on "Status of Wrangell [sic] and Other Arctic Islands" to prove its assertions, and to revise its shortcomings.

4. The State of Alaska should sue the federal government to enforce its rights.

5. All other states should express their support for the State of Alaska. If the State Department is allowed to give away part of a state to a foreign power and to establish a boundary between that state and a foreign country without that state's participation or consent, then all states are in peril of losing their important federal status.

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[link to www.statedepartmentwatch.org]

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