September 28, 1984
The President is pleased to announce that negotiations with Canada on Pacific salmon interception
will resume in early December.
We have been urged to take this action by regional officials, including Governor Spellman of
Washington and the U.S. congressional delegations of the States of Washington, Oregon, and
Alaska.
It is our hope that an acceptable agreement would be reached quickly in view of the continuing
conservation problems for Chinook salmon stocks.
Note: On September 26 the White House announced that the President had telephoned Gov. John
Spellman to notify him of the resumption of negotiations.