[House Document 106-60]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




106th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-60
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              AN EXPORT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION OF AN EXPORT OF SATELLITE FUELS AND SEPARATION 
  SYSTEMS TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, PURSUANT TO 
  PUB. L. 105-261.




May 11, 1999.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
  Committees on Armed Services and International Relations, and 
  ordered to be printed

To the Congress of the United States:

    In accordance with the provisions of section 1512 of Public 
Law 105-261, the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1999, I hereby certify that the export to 
the People's Republic of China of satellite fuels and 
separation systems for the U.S.-origin Iridium commercial 
communications satellite program:
    (1) is not detrimental to the United States space launch 
industry; and
    (2) the material and equipment, including any indirect 
technical benefit that could be derived from such export, will 
not measurably improve the missile or space launch capabilities 
of the People's Republic of China.
                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 10, 1999.

                                  
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