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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 23, 1996

May 22, 1996

                                     Presidential Determination
                                     No.        96-26

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

  SUBJECT:       Use of International Organizations and
                 Programs Account Funds for the U.S. Contribution
                 to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development
                 Organization (KEDO)

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2364(a)(1) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that it is important to the security interests of the United States to furnish up to $22 million in funds made available under heading "International Organizations and Programs" in title IV of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-107) for the United States contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization without regard to any provision of law within the scope of section 614(a)(1). I hereby authorize this contribution.

You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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