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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release June 3, 1997

June 3, 1997

                       Presidential Determination
                           No.         97-27

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination Under Subsections 402(a) and 409(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as Amended -- Emigration Policies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by subsections 402(a) and 409(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2432(a) and 2439(a) (the "Act")), I determine that Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine are not in violation of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection 402(a) of the Act, or paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection 409(a) of the Act.

You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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