[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 112 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9713-S9714]
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        REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY--TREATY DOCUMENT 105-58

  Mr. HAGEL. Madam President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the following 
treaty transmitted to the Senate on August 31, 1998, by the President 
of the United States:
  Treaty with Guatemala for Return of Stolen, Robbed, Embezzled or 
Appropriated Vehicles and Aircraft (Treaty Document 105-58);
  I further ask that the treaty be considered as having been read for 
the first time; that it be referred, with accompanying papers to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and that the 
President's message be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The message of the President is as follows:

To the Senate of the United States:
  With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to 
ratification, I transmit herewith the Treaty

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Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Republic of Guatemala for the Return of Stolen, 
Robbed, Embezzled or Appropriated Vehicles and Aircraft, with Annexes 
and a related exchange of notes, signed at Guatemala City on October 6, 
1997. I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report of 
the Department of State with respect to the Treaty.
  The Treaty is one of a series of stolen vehicle treaties being 
negotiated by the United States in order to eliminate the difficulties 
faced by owners of vehicles that have been stolen and transported 
across international borders. It is the first of these newly negotiated 
treaties to provide for the return of stolen aircraft as well as 
vehicles. When it enters into force, it will be an effective tool to 
facilitate the return of U.S. vehicles and aircraft that have been 
stolen, robbed, embezzled, or appropriated and taken to Guatemala.
  I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to 
the Treaty, with Annexes and a related exchange of notes, and give its 
advice and consent to ratification.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, August 31, 1998.

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