[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.