[House Document 105-250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-250


 
    DETERMINATION THAT INDIA DETONATED A NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE 
                            ON MAY 11, 1998

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   DETERMINATION THAT INDIA, A NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATE, DETONATED A 
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ON MAY 11, 1998, PURSUANT TO SECTION 102(b)(1) 
                     OF THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT


 


    May 13, 1998.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed


To the Congress of the United States:
    Pursuant to section 102(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control 
Act, I am hereby reporting that, in accordance with that 
section, I have determined that India, a non-nuclear-weapon 
state, detonated a nuclear explosive device on May 11, 1998. I 
have further directed the relevant agencies and 
instrumentalities of the United States Government to take the 
necessary actions to impose the sanctions described in section 
102(b)(2) of that Act.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 13, 1998.

                                
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