[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25050]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  WEST PAPUA'S MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICAN SAMOA IN 
                    AFTERMATH OF DEVASTATING TSUNAMI

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                       HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA

                           of american samoa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 15, 2009

  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Madam Speaker, I submit the following message of 
support submitted by Tom Beanal, Chairman of the Papua Presidium 
Council, in response to the massive tsunami that struck American Samoa 
on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

             Presidium Dewan Papua, Jayapura, October 7, 2009.

     Hon. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega,
     Rayburn House Office Building,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Congressman Faleomavaega, on behalf of the people of 
     West Papua, we are writing to express to you our greatest 
     sympathy for the losses and sufferings of the people of 
     American Samoa and other Pacific Islands caused by the recent 
     tsunami.
       Please accept our sincerest condolences to you. Please also 
     extend them to your people. We are with you all in our 
     hearts, tears, and prayers.
       With God's grace, may you, our dear Congressman, and the 
     people of American Samoa, find the strength to endure in this 
     tragic tragedy.
     Tom Beanal,
       Wakil Ketua.
     Herman Awom,
       Moderator.
     Thaha Mohammad Alhamid,
       Sekretaris Jenderal.

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