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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release February 1, 2000

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

January 31, 2000

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

As required by the second proviso of the resolution of advice and consent to ratification of the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and the World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty, passed by the Senate on October 21, 1998, I transmit herewith the first report on the status of the ratification of those treaties and related matters.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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