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 at that £2 where) ee facilities presently available (in Puerto Rico and else- Sebati eget The markets: ae Virgin and PE adele the Puerto Rico ys 4000 to 6000 miles from the mainland. from idaAMRIT Mette 58 ott Tapes ed 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