This maritime boundary 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.  (See shaded area of map.)
There is no quid pro quo for the American public or 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 military strategic locations
of the Arctic and Bering areas is obvious.  Any missiles that might fly toward North America from
the Asian mainland would fly over these areas of Alaska, and these islands would be useful for
intelligence collection and strategic defense initiative (SDI) installations.