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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 14, 1996

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13002

               TERMINATION OF COMBAT ZONE DESIGNATION IN
                  VIETNAM AND WATERS ADJACENT THERETO

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 112(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 112(c)(3)), June 30, 1996, as of midnight thereof, is hereby designated as the date of termination of combatant activities in the zone comprised of the area described in Executive Order No. 11216 of April 24, 1965.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

                           THE WHITE HOUSE,
                           May 13, 1996.

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