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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release July 1, 1999

June 30, 1999

                       Presidential Determination
                               No. 99-31

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Eligibility of the Organization for Security

          and Cooperation in Europe to be Furnished
          Defense Articles and Services Under the
          Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export
          Control Act

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, and section 422 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (as implemented by Executive Order 13029 of December 3, 1996), I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and services to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

You are authorized and directed to report this finding to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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