[garbanzo]

This agreement may be a precursor to that to facilitate the operations that would be called for to secure the natural resources of those orphaned Provinces

But who gets the back bacon stores?

[TexasGreg]

But who gets the back bacon stores?

I don't know about bacon store. I'm more concerned about who gets the oil, natural gas, precious metals, vast tracks of lumber, fresh water, and about half of the planet's north-polar shoreline bordering on the vast oil and natural gas reserves under the Arctic ocean.