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County of Hawaii - State of Hawaii
Resolution
WHEREAS, on February 9, 1984, Senator Spark Matsunaga, Senator
Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.), and Senator Charles Mathias Jr. (R-MD)
introduced S. J. Resolution 263 to the Committee on Foregin
Relations, relating to cooperative United States and Soviet Union
ventures in space as an alternative to a space arms race; and
WHEREAS, the resolution calls upon the President of the United
States to renew the five-year space cooperation agreement with the
Soviet Union that was initiated by President Nixon in 1974, renewed
by President Carter' in 1977, then allowed to lapse in 1982 after it
had resulted in a decade of benefits to American space science; and
WHEREAS, Senator Matsunaga in his floor statement accompanying
introduction of the bi-partisan measure said that a properly
developed "space cooperation policy....could present us with an
exciting alternative to the space arms race", which includes joint
activities in such fields as space medicine and biology, space
rescue, planetary science, manned and unmanned space exploration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF
HAWAII that it extends its support for the passage of the S. J.
Resolution 236 urging the President to renew East-West cooperation
in space as an alternative to a space arms race.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii be
hereby directed to send a copy of this resolution to President
Ronald Reagan; Senators Spark Matsunaga, Claiborne Pell,
Charles Mathias, Jr. and Daniel Inouye.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 4th day of April 1984.
INTRODUCED BY:
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CO IL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to
the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on
April 4, 1984
ATTEST:
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COUNTY CL RK ' CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES NOES A/E
Dahlberg X
De Luz, III X
Domingo X
Fujii x
Hale x
Kawahara x
Lai X
Schune X
Chr. Yamashiro x
9 0 0
Reference: PC-324
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