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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                         (LaCrosse, Wisconsin)

For Immediate Release January 28, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 98-12

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-118)

Pursuant to section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-118), I hereby certify that withholding from international financial institutions and other international organizations and programs funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to that Act is contrary to the national interest of the United States.

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

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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