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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release November 14, 1998

November 14, 1998

                       Presidential Determination
                                No.

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT:       Drawdown Under Section 506(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the Foreign
               Assistance Act to Provide Emergency Disaster Relief
               Assistance for Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and
               Guatemala

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(2) (A)(i)(II) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended ("the Act"), 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2), I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to draw down articles and services from the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense, for the purpose of providing international disaster relief assistance to Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

Therefore, I direct the drawdown of up to $45 million of articles and services from the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense for the Governments of Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala for the purposes and under the authorities of chapter 9 of part I of the Act.

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

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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