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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                           (Moscow, Russia)
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For Immediate Release                                  September 3, 1998

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

Northern Ireland

Yesterday's announcement that Martin McGuinness will oversee decommissioning issues for Sinn Fein is an important step. I welcome it as the kind of action essential not only to fulfill the Good Friday commitments, but to deepen public confidence in the overall process of making peace a reality in Northern Ireland.

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