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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                        (Kansas City, Missouri)
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For Immediate Release                                      April 7, 1998

                         TEXT OF A LETTER FROM
                    THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF
                   THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
                      THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

                             April 7, 1998

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

Pursuant to subsection 402(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974, (hereinafter the "Act"), I have issued an Executive order waiving the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Act with respect to Vietnam.

I wish to report to the Congress that I have determined that the requirements of subsections 402(c)(2)(A) and (B) of the Act have been satisfied.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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