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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release December 8, 1998

December 8, 1998

                       Presidential Determination
                                No. 99-8

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Assistance Program for the New Independent States

of the Former Soviet Union

Pursuant to Section 517(b) in Title V of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), I hereby determine that it is in the national security interest of the United States to make available funds appropriated under the heading "Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union" in Title II of that Act without regard to the restriction in that section.

You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress of this determination and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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