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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release February 11, 2000

February 10, 2000

                              Presidential Determination
                                   No.       2000-12

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT:       United States Military Activities in
               East Timor

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President, including under sections 10(d)(1) and 10(a)(2)(B) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) (the "Act"), I hereby:

     (a)  determine that the deployment of United States military forces
     to support East Timor's transition to independence without
     reimbursement from the United Nations is important to the security
     interests of the United States; and

     (b)  delegate to you the authority contained in section 10(d)(1) of
     the Act with respect to assistance to support East Timor's
     transition to independence that is covered by section 10 of the 

Act.

You are 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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