Congress, the State of Alaska, and the American public were excluded from the negotiations.
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8 Alaskan Oil-rich Islands Given to the Russians
The maritime boundary puts eight American islands and their economic zones on the Russian side
Senator Joseph Biden on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee favorably received the proposed giveaway maritime boundary treaty that the State Department had secretly negotiated with Russia.
The maritime boundary puts eight American islands and their 200-mile exclusive economic zones on the Russian side: Wrangell, Herald, Bennett, Jeannette, and Henrietta Islands in the Arctic Ocean, and Copper Island, Sea Lion Rock, and Sea Otter Rock in the Bering Sea.
Congress, the State of Alaska, and the American public were excluded from the negotiations.
Congress, the State of Alaska, and the American public were excluded from the negotiations.




