[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 56865] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-28395] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 214 / Monday, November 4, 1996 / Presidential Documents [[Page 56865]] Presidential Determination No. 96-57 of September 30, 1996 Drawdown of Articles, Services, and Military Education and Training from DOD To Provide Antinarcotics Assistance to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and the Countries of the Eastern Caribbean Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2) (``the Act''), I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to draw down articles, services, and military education and training from the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense for the purpose of providing antinarcotics assistance to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Regional Security System (RSS), which are: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Therefore, I direct the drawdown in FY 1996 authority of up to $75 million of articles, services, and military education and training from the Department of Defense for such countries for the purposes and under the authorities of Chapter 8 of Part I of the Act. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress immediately and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register. (Presidential Sig.)THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, September 30, 1996. [FR Doc. 96-28395 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am] Billing code 4710-10-M