    [House Document 105-224]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

    105th Congress, 2d Session  - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-224

                    CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS DEFENSE

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                               COMMUNICATION 7735

                                      from

                       THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  transmitting

       A REPORT ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS DEFENSE, PURSUANT TO
    CONDITION 11(F) OF THE RESOLUTION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION
     OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION,
       STOCKPILING AND USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION,
         ADOPTED BY THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ON APRIL 24, 1997.

     March 5, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations
                           and ordered to be printed

                                               The White House,
                                         Washington, February 24, 1998.
    Hon. Newt Gingrich,
    Speaker of the House of Representatives,
    Washington, DC.
        Dear Mr. Speaker: Attached is a report to the Congress on
    Chemical and Biological Weapons Defense, submitted pursuant to
    Condition 11(F) of the resolution of advice and consent to
    ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of the
    Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
    Weapons and on Their Destruction, adopted by the Senate of the
    United States on April 24, 1997.
                Sincerely,
                                                    William J. Clinton.