APPENDIX VI
point
APPENDIX VI
out that Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands
are
located about 1000 miles from the mainland U. S., where-
the Pacific territories are situated anywhere
Hawaii
Islands
are closer to
and almost all of Alaska.
the
mainland
than
Puerto Rico and
the
Virgin Islands are situated directly in between two huge
world
Report
the
omits
United States and Latin
any mention
of
the
America.
transportation
contribute to surmounting the
problem
of
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that
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facilities presently available (in Puerto Rico and else-
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as
comparative geographic isolation;
such facilities include over
flights
weekly
and over
in Puerto Rico's case,
3,000
80
passenger and cargo
weekly ocean sailings
to
and from the mainland.
2.
"Small
land
areas,
populations."
and
except
for
Puerto
Rico,
The total land area of al] of the
other
territories combined is approximately 1000 square miles,
whereas
miles
Puerto
(larger
Rico's
than
land area is some 3435
the states
of
Rhode
square
Island
and
Delaware).
The combined population of al] of the other
territories
is
population
over
250,000,
is 3.3 million,
400,000
million
some
Puerto
inhabitants,
plus
Rico's
including a capital city of
with a metropolitan area of more
100,000 persons each.
four other SMSA's
than
of
1
over
Puerto Rico's population exceeds
78
5000283
whereas