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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                        (Boston, Massachusetts)
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For Immediate Release                                   October 20, 2000

October 19, 2000

                       Presidential Determination
                           No.        2001-02

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Waiver and Certification of Statutory Provisions Regarding

the Palestine Liberation Organization

Pursuant to the authority and conditions contained in section 538(d) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, as contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-113), and as provided for in the Joint Resolution Making Further Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2001, and for Other Purposes (Public Law 106-306), I hereby determine and certify that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, Public Law 100-204.

This waiver shall be effective for a period of 6 months from the date hereof. You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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