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    "ocrText": "XPPENDIX \"B\".\nLA FORTALEZA\nSAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO\nOFFICE OF THE\nGOVERNOR\nApril 22, 1948\nHon. Harry S. Truman\nPresident of the United States\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr. President:\nI have a serious social and economic problem on my hands, caused\nby the occupation of four-fifths of the island of Vieques by the\nNavy. There are 11,000 persons on Vieques and we have available\nless than 6,000 arable acres on which to support them.\nWe have heard that the Naval Ammunition Depot at the Western end\nof the island will be deactivated as of June 30th, 1948. We des-\nperately need more land for grazing and short term crops such as\ngrain sorghum, corn, etc., with which to create employment, feed\nour Vieques population and create a more intensive agricultural\nindustry on the island. We now have well developed poultry, swine\nand dairy projects there, under our instrumentality, the Puerto\nRico Agricultural Company but we need more grain and pasture for\ntheir further development.\nThe Navy has occupied, without our permission, the Carinero penin-\nsula, owned by the Insular Government and marked in red on the ac-\ncompanying map, for the purposes of its maneuvers. We understand\nthat this peninsula is important to them and we propose to give\nthe Navy the use of it, if we may have a permit for the use of the\nlands and buildings of the Ammunition Depot.\nIf the Insular Government can have the use of the Ammunition Depot,\nwe can relieve the Navy of the responsibility of caring for the 2,500\nodd head of privately owned cattle that they are now grazing in the\nmaneuver area. We can also greatly improve the economic condition\nof the 11,000 inhabitants of Vieques.\nI hope that you can see fit to make this arrangement for us.\nVery sincerely,\nJesus T. Piñero\nGovernor of Puerto Rico"
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