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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

(Kansas City, Missouri)

For Immediate Release August 16, 1999

August 13, 1999

Presidential Determination
No. 99-34

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT:       Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Nonlethal
               Emergency Military Assistance to the States Participating
               in the Economic Community of West African States'
               Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Under Section 506(a)(l) of the
               Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(l) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that:

     (1)  an unforeseen emergency exists that requires immediate 
          military assistance to states currently participating in, and 
          to states that may in the future participate in, ECOMOG; and

     (2)  the emergency requirement cannot be met under the authority of
          the Arms Export Control Act or any other law except section
          506(a)(1) of the Act.

Therefore, I direct the drawdown from the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense of an aggregate value not to exceed $3 million in defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide drawdown assistance to the states currently participating (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mali, and Guinea), and to those states that in the future may participate, in ECOMOG to enhance ECOMOG's capabilities to participate in efforts to restore peace and security in Sierra Leone.

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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