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 PROCLAMATION 5143—JAN. 3, 1984

98 STAT. 3545

tries". I have notified the House of Representatives and the Senate of my intentions to designate these countries and given the considerations entering into my decision. 2. In order to add these countries to the Ust of beneficiary countries, I am amending the Annex to Proclamation 5133. I am also making certain technical corrections to the Annex to that proclamation. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, including but not limited to section 212 of the Act, do proclaim that: (1) The list of countries in the Annex to Proclamation 5133 of November 30, 1983, is hereby amended by adding, in alphabetical order, "Antigua and Barbuda", "Belize", "El Salvador", "Grenada", "Guatemala", "Haiti", "Honduras", "Montserrat", and "Virgin Islands, British". (2) The references to "the United States Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements" in the Annex to Proclamation 5133 of November 30, 1983, are corrected to read "the United States". (3) The reference to TSUS items "748.45^78.50" in the Annex to Proclamation 5133 of November 30, 1983, is corrected to read "748.45-748.50". IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eightythree, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eighth. RONALD REAGAN Editorial Note: The text of the President's letters to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, dated Dec. 29, 1983, on his intention to sign Proclamation 5142, is printed in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 19, p. 1749).

Proclamation 5143 of January 3, 1984

Alaska Statehood Day, 1984 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The Territory of Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the forty-ninth State. In the twenty-five years since then, the sturdy inhabitants of our largest State have continued with distinction the work of developing this vast storehouse of abundant resources, while preserving its special environment. As a result of their efforts, Alaska now produces oneeighth of the Nation's gold, one-fifth of its petroleum, and two-fifths of its harvested fish. Ten of the sixteen strategic minerals vital to our Nation's security are produced in Alaska. The millions of dollars worth of minerals, forest and food products, and energy resources produced each year have long since repaid many times over the $7,000,000 paid by the United States to purchase Alaska in 1867. The people of Alaska constitute a special resource, one which has m:ade possible the wise use of all the other abundant resources of this important State. Native Alaskans and immigrants from every State, as well as foreign countries, have worked together to build the cities, pipelines, rail, water, air, and ground transportation facilities which are the basis of Alaska's

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