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THE WHITE HOUSE

                      Office of the Press Secretary
                      (Hilton Head, South Carolina)
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For Immediate Release                                  December 31, 1997
                   TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 
              TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
                 AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE 
                           ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

December 31, 1997

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

In accordance with the resolution of advice and consent to ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, adopted by the Senate of the United States on April 24, 1997, I hereby certify that:

In connection with Condition (9), Protection of Advanced Biotechnology, the legitimate commercial activities and interests of chemical, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical firms in the United States are not being significantly harmed by the limitations of the Convention on access to, and production of, those chemicals and toxins listed in Schedule 1 of the Annex on Chemicals.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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