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To: asenna1 who wrote (4955)	11/6/2000 7:08:26 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Exclusive: State Department Gives U.S. Territory to Cuba Stephan Archer Monday, Nov. 6, 2000 Earlier this year, NewsMax.com reported several U.S. islands had been ceded to Russia without congressional approval or public debate. Now, in a NewsMax.com exclusive, it has been discovered that another nation – Cuba – has benefited as well from the unprecedented generosity of the United States. Numerous islands and islets surrounding Cuba remain sovereign territory of the U.S. However, the U.S. State Department has given them away, without public debate or official treaty, charges retired U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Carl Olson of State Department Watch. Included in the island groups are Cayo Coco, Cayo Romano, Cayo Guajaba, Cayo Sabinal, Cayo Largo, the Archipielago de Sabana and the Archipielago de los Jardines de la Reina. It is not known how many people, if any, live on the islands, but Olson points out the monetary loss of this territory could be in the billions of dollars. He points out that by turning over these islands to Cuba, the U.S. loses a vast potential of mineral wealth as well as tens of thousands of square miles of fishing rights. Exclusive economic zones surrounding each one of the islands that would have been for the United States' taking have been forfeited to Cuba without any bilateral agreement or fanfare. (cont) newsmax.com

To: asenna1 who wrote (4955)	11/7/2000 11:54:28 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

If you are Chinese, you should know very well that the Chinese people and the Chinese government will not be dictated to by little GWB. If you want to see trouble stir in the Straits, just let George-y Boy try and dictate how China should run their internal affairs. Taiwan is a bit more then just an "internal affair" for China. While the US does not officially recognize Taiwan as an independent country because it doesn't want to piss off mainland China, Taiwan is in fact a separate country with a separate government, currency, military forces ect. Tim