THE WHITE HOUSE

                    Office of the Press Secretary
                    (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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For Immediate Release                                      April 9, 1999

                   TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
            TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE
                   ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE
                  SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

                            April 9, 1999

Dear Mr. Chairman: (Dear Representative:) (Dear Senator:)

In accordance with Condition (1) of the resolution of advice and consent to ratification of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, adopted by the United States Senate on March 25, 1999, I hereby certify that the United States Government will not engage in any multilateral activity in the field of international nuclear regulation or nuclear safety that unnecessarily duplicates a multilateral activity undertaken pursuant to the Convention.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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