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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release September 29, 1998

September 29, 1998

Presidential Determination

No. 98-38

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

               THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
               THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE AGENCY
               FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 582(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998, on Withholding Assistance to the Government of Chad

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 582(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (the "Act"), I hereby:

(1) determine and certify that the Government of the Republic

       of Chad is violating a sanction against Libya imposed
       pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 748;
       and

(2) direct that funds not yet obligated that were allocated for

       Chad under section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
       (the "FAA") out of appropriations in the Act for programs under
       chapters 4 and 5 of Part II of the FAA shall be withheld from
       obligation and expenditure for Chad.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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