[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 60 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT CONCERNING THE INDIAN NUCLEAR TESTS ON MAY 11, 1998--MESSAGE 
                       FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 125

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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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