[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
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                Presidential Determination No. 98-41 of September 30, 
                1998

                
Drawdrawn Under Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act To Provide Counternarcotics Assistance 
                to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, 
                Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, 
                Trinidad and Tobago, and the Countries of the Eastern 
                Caribbean

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
                the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney 
                General, [and] the Secretary of Transportation

                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 and services from 
                the inventory and resources of the Department of 
                Defense, military education and training from the 
                Department of Defense, and articles and services from 
                the inventory and resources of the Departments of 
                Justice, State, Transportation, and the Treasury for 
                the purpose of providing international narcotics 
                assistance to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican 
                Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, 
                Mexico, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago; and to Antigua 
                and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and 
                Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
                (hereinafter, ``the Eastern Caribbean countries'').

                Therefore, I direct the drawdown of up to $75 million 
                of articles and services from the inventory and 
                resources of the Departments of Defense, 
                Transportation, Justice, State, and the Treasury, and 
                military education and training from the Department of 
                Defense, for Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican 
                Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, 
                Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Eastern 
                Caribbean countries for the purposes and under the 
                authorities of chapter 8 of part I of the Act.

                As a matter of policy and consistent with past 
                practice, the Administration will seek to ensure that 
                the assistance furnished under this drawdown is not 
                provided to any unit of any foreign country's security 
                forces if that unit is credibly alleged to have 
                committed gross violations of human rights unless the 
                government of such country is taking effective measures 
                to bring the responsible members of that unit to 
                justice.

                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, 1998.

[FR Docs. 98-27262
Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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