Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey this week called on the Biden administration to restrict foreign land ownership near U.S. Air Force bases, according to a letter shared exclusively with the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Secretary Bailey sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury on Monday requesting that Whiteman Air Force Base be added to the list of protected military installations. This would prohibit “foreign interests” such as Chinese people from owning land within a 99-mile radius of the United States. The basis is “no approval from the Ministry of Finance.'' Lawmakers in several states, including Missouri, recently warned that Chinese-owned U.S. Legislative and administrative measures were taken to restrict land ownership. . (Related: Exclusive: RNC resolution condemns Biden administration's 'systematic illegal alien invasion', cites China's 'risk of sabotage')

“It is imperative that the Treasury Department add Whiteman Air Force Base to the current list of protected facilities,” Bailey's letter said. “Inclusion on this list prevents foreign interest groups from owning “covered real estate'' or conducting “covered real estate transactions'' without Treasury approval within the base's 99-mile protected perimeter. You won’t be able to.”

Whiteman Air Force Base is located about 110 miles from a proposed manufacturing facility outside Kansas City that is being built by Cnano Technology USA Inc. (Cnano USA), whose Chinese parent company has extensive ties to the Chinese government. DCNF reported in December 2023. Reviews and extends research conducted by the Heritage Foundation Monitoring Project and Heritage Action.

According to Bailey's petition, Whiteman Air Force Base is home to “the 509th Bomb Wing and its B-2 Spirit stealth bomber fleet” and is a “critical base” in the U.S. Global Strike Command's “strategic deterrence efforts.” ” plays a role.

“While these bombers have the ability to deploy to forward operating facilities around the world, their only permanent base is right here in Missouri,” Bailey wrote. “This powerful heavy stealth bomber was so capable that it regularly flew around the world, refueled with air-to-air refueling, and returned to Whiteman without landing in a foreign land.”

Mr. Bailey's petition would amend the Code of Federal Regulations to require the Treasury Department to include all Air Force bases in Missouri, or all Air Force bases that are “home to strategic heavy bombing capabilities.” The ministry is requesting that it be added to the existing list of military installations. ”

Bailey's petition, if adopted, would build on recent legislative action in the state and requests by Republican lawmakers to investigate Cnano USA's planned liquid conductive paste manufacturing plant in Kansas. It will be expanded.

Cnano USA's Chinese parent company, Cnano Jiangsu Technology Co., Ltd., employs dozens of Chinese Communist Party members and participates in Chinese government initiatives, including one program flagged by the U.S. Director of National Intelligence. are doing. DCNF reported in December 2023.

Then, in January 2024, Missouri Governor Mike Parson issued an executive order banning individuals and entities connected to China from purchasing agricultural land within 10 miles of “significant military installations” in Missouri. I put it out.

House Republicans, led by Kansas Republican Rep. Jake LaTurner and Missouri Rep. Mark Alford, also sent letters to the Treasury Department and the Department of Defense requesting an investigation into Cnano USA following the DCNF report.

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